Menu ideas and recipes for crab, shrimp, calamari, garlic bread, corned beef, cheese danish, Christmas cookies, sticky toffee pudding, amberjack, snapper and burgers Holiday seafood dinners The highlight of our holiday feasts was creamy baked crab cannelloni on Christmas Eve—a Giada recipe. Wow wow wow, it exceeded my expectations. On the side, broccoli roasted with …
If you’re still not completely settled on your Christmas and holiday dishes, today I’m sharing some of my proven favorites. First off, if you have a small kitchen and you’re hosting a holiday party or toying with the idea of having an impromptu gathering, check out my Small Space Gusto tips for preparing holiday feasts in a …
Everybody thinks of green bean casserole as a Thanksgiving dish, and it is, but we love it anytime during the chilly season. It’s just that kind of cozy, comforting dish, the kind of dish you’d bring to a Christmas or holiday potluck, or serve as part of a special weekend dinner. Making green bean casserole …
A small kitchen (or home) shouldn’t hold you back from your dreams of hosting a Christmas or holiday feast. Good friends and family don’t mind being cozy. And you’d be amazed at what you can do in a small kitchen. When I lived in an apartment with a small galley kitchen in Arlington VA, I …
“Two pushes, Deirdre, two pushes!” I wish my inner kitchen coach had yelled that at me when I was working my new cookie press for the first time. A few hours after I made these cookies, I was thinking about how to describe them for Bitten Word’s 2014 Cover to Cover Project: Holiday Cookies. I …
If I bake only one pie for Christmas this year, this is it. It’s been a few years since I made a maple pecan pie. I used to always follow the Fanny Farmer (aka Marion Cunningham) recipe and it was fine. But this! This is freaking fabulous. God bless the cooking geeks in America’s Test …
Bundt cakes, up to now, have made me nervous. I slather butter into the dips and peaks of the pan. I flour the pan if the recipe calls for it. But too many times, when I turn the cake out onto a plate, parts of it stay behind, stuck to the pan. This time would …
I posted my recipe for eggnog back in 2010, but it’s so darn good that I’m posting it again. This recipe has been part of my Christmas for more than 25 years – an old welcome friend. In the south, bourbon is the liquor of choice for eggnog but I’m squarely in the brandy and …
As long as I can remember, my mother has made Russian Teacakes at Christmas. She still does. I expect to see a container of them when I visit soon, if not I’ll make some. Your family may have another name for these melt-in-your-mouth cookies — butterballs, snowballs, or Mexican wedding cakes. I think the Italians …
These Italian fig cookies (aka cucidati) have become a favorite Christmas recipe at our house. Make a big batch and freeze some for a special treat later. ~~~ I love Italian cookies. My grandmother’s neighborhood in East Cambridge, Massachusetts had a fantastic Italian bakery, Royal Pastry Shop. Whenever we went to my grandparents, she would send …
Grabbing the Gusto 