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WILLIAMS-SONOMA HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING Inspired Recipes & Ideas for Celebrating the Season by Georgeanne Brennan Oxmoor House October 2007 $34.95/hardcover Full-color photographs ISBN: 0-848-731-93 Buy this book Printer-friendly page

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The real magic of the holiday season is that it brings people together to enjoy one another's company and the pleasures of the table. From the fabulous Thanksgiving feast to the cozy Christmas morning brunch, the sparkling Hanukkah dinner to the festive New Year's Eve soiree, the holidays are about friends, family, and food.

This season, hosts and hostesses around the globe will rejoice with the debut of Williams-Sonoma's new cookbook, HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING: Inspired Recipes & Ideas for Celebrating the Season by Georgeanne Brennan.

Along with more than 120 mouth-watering, stress-free recipes, HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING is filled with creative decorating and serving ideas and stunning full-color photographs. Award-winning author Georgeanne Brennan provides clever twists on holiday classics — such as Roast Turkey Seasoned with Sage, Baked Ham with Spiced Cider Glaze, Gingered Cranberries, and Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crust — and a cornucopia of other favorites like:

• Assorted Panini Bites
• Smoked Salmon Canapés with Caviar
• Blood Orange Granita
• Soufflé Ricotta Pancakes with Orange Maple Syrup
• Frittata with Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers, and Gruyère
• Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Fresh Herbs
• Rosemary Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding
• Cardamom Crème Brûlée
• Persimmon Bread Pudding
• Gingerbread Bundt Cake

Creative ideas for holiday garnishes, table decoration, serving ideas, and edible gifts ensure no detail is overlooked, and complete menus for sixteen holiday occasions make menu-planning as easy as (pumpkin) pie. A few of the suggested themes are:

• Holiday Tea
• Weekend Breakfast
• Elegant Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Feast
• Afternoon Buffet
• Wine & Cheese Gathering
• Casual Dinner
• Mid-Winter Gathering
• Holiday Cocktail Party
• Christmas Celebration
• New Year's Day Open House

Last but certainly not least, HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING contains dozens of festive drink recipes developed by celebrated writer Jordan Mackay, as well as practical advice on topics like food and wine pairing. The collection of joyful libations includes, but is not limited to:

• Mojito Peppermint Fizz
• Ginger Cosmopolitans
• Hot Mulled Cider
• Pomegranate Frost
• Lemon Verbena Drop with Thyme
• Boston Eggnog with Cardamom

From beginning to end, this indispensable book is guaranteed to make holiday entertaining easier, tastier, and much more fun!

Georgeanne Brennan, an award-winning cookbook author and journalist, has earned national acclaim for her evocative and lyrical writing about food and gastronomy. Her expertise ranges from farming and agriculture to history and food lore. In 2000, Georgeanne opened her own cooking vacation school in a restored 17th century convent located in a medieval village in Haute Provence. She has been a featured speaker on Provence at the Culinary Academy of America at Greystone and at COPIA: The American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts, as well as a frequent guest of the International Olive Oil Council and a spokesperson for the California Tree Fruit Agreement. Georgeanne has been a guest chef on Crystal Cruises, at the Chef's Holidays at Yosemite, Whistler School of Cooking in Vancouver, B.C., and Macy's De Gustibus Cooking School, as well as a guest teacher at cooking schools nationwide. Additionally, she teaches food and memoir writing at the University of California at Berkeley and Davis Extensions. Active in the Slow Food movement, she has served as a jury member for Slow Food International Award, a member of Slow Food's American Ark Selection Committee, and is currently co-leader of the Slow Food Yolo Convivum. She is the author of several cookbooks and is regularly featured in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bon Appetit, Metropolitan Home, and The New York Times. Georgeanne and her husband divide their time between their small farm in Northern California and their home in Provence, France.