Christmas Menu 2024

A Celebratory Christmas Menu for Six or More: cocktails, appetizers, a main course, and dessert. Plus a timetable and lots of advice.

Caprese Holiday Appetizer or Salad Wreath

A recipe for a festive appetizer or salad wreath: mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil, arugula, hazelnuts, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.

You can make this Turkey Salad with chicken just as easily as with leftover Thanksgiving turkey. It’s absolutely fantastic!

A holiday recipe for making delicious gingerbread cookies studded with crystalized ginger. Icing and orange flavor optional.

A recipe for a festive goat cheese Christmas tree appetizer: Boursin, rosemary, almonds, olives, currants, and butterkase cheese crackers.

Homemades jams are so easy to make, and so utterly fantastic. This Tangerine Marmelade is no exception: easy and amazing!

This beefy dill and fennel meatloaf takes everyday cooking down a street your mama warned about. Great freshly made, reheated, and cold.

“The Bear” Chocolate Cake. Of course you watch The Bear, and you remember the first-season, from-scratch chocolate cake subplot. Here it is.

This pork stew is made from pork shoulder. It tastes slow-cooked, but I made it in an Instant Pot … although it was hardly “instant.”