Christmas

Fruitcake Taste Test

We ordered 11 fruitcake brands and held taste tests with a panel of...
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Make-Ahead Christmas Breakfast Menu

Save time on Christmas morning by preparing this make-ahead Christmas...
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Be Prepared for Last-Minute Holiday Guests

‘Tis the season for drop-by guests -- bypass stress with these easy...
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Christmas Fish Recipes
 

Christmas Fish Recipes


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 17th 2010

New Media Publishing Are you skipping turkey, beef, and ham this Christmas, and going for a fish dish instead? Whether fish is your holiday tradition, or you're starting your New Year's "healthy" resolution early, or you simply have a guest at your table who prefers seafood to meat and poultry, here are six recipes that are simple to prepare yet elegant enough for a ... Read More# New Media Publishing Are you skipping turkey, beef, and ham this Christmas, and going for a fish dish instead? Whether fish is your holiday tradition, or you're starting your New Year's "healthy" resolution early, or you simply have a guest at your table who prefers seafood to meat and poultry, here are six recipes that are simple to prepare yet elegant enough for a ...#
Gingerbread Houses Made Easy
 

Gingerbread Houses Made Easy


By Elizabeth Hait, Posted Dec 14th 2010

Elizabeth HaitDespite the best holiday intentions, sometimes you just don't have time to work with the kids on baking, building, and decorating a traditional, old-fashioned gingerbread house. Or maybe you don't have the patience. Or maybe your children are too young for it. Or maybe gingerbread houses just aren't your thing. Or you haven't even started your Christmas ... Read More# Elizabeth HaitDespite the best holiday intentions, sometimes you just don't have time to work with the kids on baking, building, and decorating a traditional, old-fashioned gingerbread house. Or maybe you don't have the patience. Or maybe your children are too young for it. Or maybe gingerbread houses just aren't your thing. Or you haven't even started your Christmas ...#
German Christmas Recipes
 

German Christmas Recipes


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 14th 2010

Better Homes & GardensIf you're looking for German Christmas cookies, we've got spritz and springerle recipes for you. But what about the rest of your Christmas meal? You can build a whole German menu around the recipes in our gallery, which include a mushroom-bacon tart, German potato salad and a traditional roast goose. Click the Gallery tab for ideas for a ... Read More# Better Homes & GardensIf you're looking for German Christmas cookies, we've got spritz and springerle recipes for you. But what about the rest of your Christmas meal? You can build a whole German menu around the recipes in our gallery, which include a mushroom-bacon tart, German potato salad and a traditional roast goose. Click the Gallery tab for ideas for a ...#
French Christmas Recipes
 

French Christmas Recipes


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 13th 2010

Michael Turek, Food & WineWhether you want to make a whole French Christmas dinner menu or you just want some beautiful French cookies, such as macarons and madeleines, you've come to the right place. Our gallery of French Christmas recipes includes an impressive yet easy leg of lamb, silky chestnut soup, a rich potato gratin, and a half dozen French desserts. ... Read More# Michael Turek, Food & WineWhether you want to make a whole French Christmas dinner menu or you just want some beautiful French cookies, such as macarons and madeleines, you've come to the right place. Our gallery of French Christmas recipes includes an impressive yet easy leg of lamb, silky chestnut soup, a rich potato gratin, and a half dozen French desserts. ...#
Italian Christmas Recipes
 

Italian Christmas Recipes


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 10th 2010

TASTEPut an international spin on your Christmas dinner this year with these Italian Christmas recipes, including ideas for a full Christmas dinner with appetizers, soup, salad, two options for the main course and -- of course -- several desserts. The recipes include the colorful Christmas Caprese Wreath Salad pictured here, several easy spreads for crostini, Florentine ... Read More# TASTEPut an international spin on your Christmas dinner this year with these Italian Christmas recipes, including ideas for a full Christmas dinner with appetizers, soup, salad, two options for the main course and -- of course -- several desserts. The recipes include the colorful Christmas Caprese Wreath Salad pictured here, several easy spreads for crostini, Florentine ...#
Christmas Desserts by Gail Simmons
 

Christmas Desserts by Gail Simmons


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 9th 2010

Frances JanischChristmas is all about sweets -- cookies, cakes, candy, and more. So who better to turn to for dessert ideas than the host of Top Chef Just Desserts? Not many people know that Gail Simmons is a professionally trained chef (not just a pretty face!). We had the opportunity to interview Gail just before she started filming Just Desserts, and shared with us ... Read More# Frances JanischChristmas is all about sweets -- cookies, cakes, candy, and more. So who better to turn to for dessert ideas than the host of Top Chef Just Desserts? Not many people know that Gail Simmons is a professionally trained chef (not just a pretty face!). We had the opportunity to interview Gail just before she started filming Just Desserts, and shared with us ...#
Gingerbread Houses Photo Gallery
 

Gingerbread Houses Photo Gallery


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 8th 2010

Loreta WilsonTo celebrate the Christmas season -- a.k.a. Christmas cookie season -- we've put together a photo gallery of amazing gingerbread house designs, including winners of the Grove Park Inn National Gingerbread House Competition 2010, creations made from gingerbread house kits (so they're easy to recreate) and AOL's own giant gingerbread house. Click the gallery ... Read More# Loreta WilsonTo celebrate the Christmas season -- a.k.a. Christmas cookie season -- we've put together a photo gallery of amazing gingerbread house designs, including winners of the Grove Park Inn National Gingerbread House Competition 2010, creations made from gingerbread house kits (so they're easy to recreate) and AOL's own giant gingerbread house. Click the gallery ...#
Fruitcake Taste Test
 

Fruitcake Taste Test


By Megan O. Steintrager, Posted Dec 7th 2010

Elizabeth Hait"Who likes fruitcake?" people asked when the topic of Christmas desserts came up here at the KitchenDaily office. "My mom!" was our photo editor Liz Hait's response. "Mine too!" I said. My mother looks forward to her Christmas fruitcake every year (she pulls the tin out every day after dinner during the Christmas season -- and after some lunches when she's ... Read More# Elizabeth Hait"Who likes fruitcake?" people asked when the topic of Christmas desserts came up here at the KitchenDaily office. "My mom!" was our photo editor Liz Hait's response. "Mine too!" I said. My mother looks forward to her Christmas fruitcake every year (she pulls the tin out every day after dinner during the Christmas season -- and after some lunches when she's ...#
Christmas Cookie Decorating Ideas
 

Christmas Cookie Decorating Ideas


By Kathleen Hackett, Posted Dec 2nd 2010

Elizabeth HaitIf you're hosting a cookie swap, kids' cookie decorating party or just want to make a bunch of holiday cookies, you'll love these Christmas cookie decorating ideas. Many of them are easy enough that even small children can do them with a little help. Feel free to take the basic recipes for sugar cookies with glaze or icing, gingerbread and meringue and ... Read More# Elizabeth HaitIf you're hosting a cookie swap, kids' cookie decorating party or just want to make a bunch of holiday cookies, you'll love these Christmas cookie decorating ideas. Many of them are easy enough that even small children can do them with a little help. Feel free to take the basic recipes for sugar cookies with glaze or icing, gingerbread and meringue and ...#
O Christmas Tree Cake
 

O Christmas Tree Cake


By Lauren Jepsen Mace, Posted Dec 1st 2010

Lauren Jepsen MaceDecorating the Christmas tree is so fun, why not do it twice this year by decorating a Christmas tree cake, too? Though seemingly complex, we assure you this evergreen treat is a cinch to decorate. (And we suspect "chopping it down" will be even easier.) To make this cake, start with a batch of Fluffy Yellow Cake and one batch of Buttercream Frosting ... Read More# Lauren Jepsen MaceDecorating the Christmas tree is so fun, why not do it twice this year by decorating a Christmas tree cake, too? Though seemingly complex, we assure you this evergreen treat is a cinch to decorate. (And we suspect "chopping it down" will be even easier.) To make this cake, start with a batch of Fluffy Yellow Cake and one batch of Buttercream Frosting ...#