An assortment of food-related ornaments from Bronner's You could hang traditional ornaments on your tree, but wouldn't a taco look more interesting than a jovial Santa head? Christmas supplies purveyor Bronner's has all the food-related ornaments you could ever want and some you don't. [via Jezebel]... More
On Christmas morning, we wake up at 8, light the fire, open presents, and eat lightly: clementines, Marchesi panettone from gustiamo.com (which will become your only panettone once you taste it), and scrambled eggs with white truffles. Lunch really does not happen, but I fire up the pizza oven as we head out to ski. For dinner we go to the American South for inspiration. I put a ham from Nodines with cloves and a brown sugar glaze in the slow wood oven and steal the rest from the Lee Brothers' excellent cookbook; we eat black eyed peas, collard greens, biscuits with black truffle honey from Otto and then finish with a selection of chocolate gifts from my friend Katrina... More
Ho! Ho! Ho! and Merry Christmas, Serious Eaters! Please enjoy our version of the famous WPIX Yule Log program. For your enjoyment, we give you the Burning Bûche. Everyone here at Serious Eats wishes you and all your extended family the happiest of holidays. We hope all of your holiday wishes come true.... More
Of course you're going to want to leave some cookies for Santa tonight. If you don't already have a recipe in mind, here are some of our favorites from the Serious Eats Recipes archives. The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie EverWorld Peace Cookies (fairly appropriate on Christmas Eve, no?)SnickerdoodlesMolasses Cookies (to slow him down and sneak a peek)Rick Katz's Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies... More
Instead of making traditional cutout cookies, try Elise Bauer's recipe for stained glass cookies whose centers are filled with melted hard candies.... More
Christmas is less than a week away, which means it's time for my mother and me to resume our annual debate: Is it too soon for another turkey dinner? I say yes. Thanksgiving was barely a month ago, and my memories of the meal (unlike the half bag of cranberries in my fridge and the shriveled sweet potato in my vegetable drawer) are still fresh. Not to mention the fact that I ate leftover turkey sandwiches for days afterward. For the upcoming holiday feast, I think a roast beef would be perfect, particularly when rubbed with fresh herbs, studded with garlic, and finished with port sauce. Lobsters, in their festive red shells, would also be lovely. Or why not... More
"Imagine a Christmas ham, sealed in plastic and defrosting in the fridge. Imagine the cloudy ham water that leaks out of it and sits in the bottom of the plastic when you unwrap the ham. Imagine it carbonated and sweetened. Imagine putting it into your mouth and manfully fighting the automatic gag reflex." Thanks to The A.V. Club's review of Jones Soda Christmas Pack, I now know what I want to serve at my Christmas dinner!... More
The Hansel and Gretel aesthetic is so outdated. This year why not decorate your holiday table with a modern gingerbread house? No colorful gumdrop roofs or candy cane lanes here—just a garage, a rock garden, palm trees, and an asymmetrical roof. [via notcot.org]... More
In this week's gusticomic, The Amateur Gourmet forsakes Jewish tradition in favor of pine and swine. How does his first Christmas ham turn out? Oy veh! More
