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The Christmas Almanac

Edited by Natasha Tabori Fried

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $27.50

The Christmas Almanac is the ultimate Christmas book. Part reference, part anthology, part cookbook, part history book, part songbook, part shopping guide, part crafts, and part trivia book, this hefty volume with 200 color illustrations belongs on every family’s shelf. Each of eight chapters is a combination of elements based on... Read more >

The Pastry Queen Christmas
Big-Hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style
Written by Rebecca Rather and Alison Oresman
Photographed by Laurie Smith

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2007
Price: $32.50

It's Christmastime at the Best Little Bakery in Texas

The annual Fredericksburg Christmas parade marks the beginning of the Texas Hill Country's holiday season, which means the Pastry Queen is kicking into high gear at her Rather Sweet Bakery and Café. As party invitations pile up in the mailbox, Rebecca Rather is... Read more >

Christmas Cookies from the Whimsical Bakehouse

Written by Liv Hansen and Kaye Hansen

Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $16.95

Come holiday time, there’s no better way to celebrate than by baking up some special cookies. In Christmas Cookies from the Whimsical Bakehouse, mother-daughter bakers Kaye and Liv Hansen share their most enchanting cookies, from simple to showstoppingly beautiful. These irresistibly pretty cookies are perfect for snacking and gifting, decorating the... Read more >

A Little Box of Christmas
Snowmen, Angels, and Santas
Edited by Natasha Tabori Fried

Format: Boxed Set, 144 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $16.95

On the heels of A Little Box of Books: Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes and Songs - and filled with vintage children's book illustrations and charming postcard and paper ephemera that have become the trademark of Welcome's Little Big Book series - comes this endearing little three-book boxed set. This time the... Read more >

Lidia's Family Table

Written by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2004
Price: $35.00

The best-loved and most-admired of all America’s television cooks today, Lidia Bastianich, now gives us her most generous, instructive, and creative cookbook. The emphasis here is on cooking for the family, and her book is filled with unusually delicious basic recipes for everyday eating Italian-style, as well as imaginative ideas for... Read more >

The Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook

Written by Martha Stewart Living Magazine

Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2003
Price: $37.50

Since Martha Stewart Living Magazine's debut more than a decade ago, readers have come to look to its holiday issues for the best seasonal entertaining and menu ideas. Each issue of Living has included Martha's favorite recipes, as well as the staff's. For the first time, more than six hundred of... Read more >

Mario Batali Holiday Food

Written by Mario Batali

Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $25.00

Never is the generosity and spirit of the Italian table more evident than at the holidays, when great food and good times are on the menu in every household. In his new book, Mario Batali captures all the flavors of this festive season with enticing recipes that showcase the brilliance of... Read more >

The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen
70 Fun Recipes for You and Your Kids, from the Author of Jewish Cooking in America
Written by Joan Nathan

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2000
Price: $16.00

Seventy child-friendly recipes and cooking activities from around the world will draw the entire family into the spirit and fun of preparing Jewish holiday celebrations. Covering the ten major holidays, each of the activities has a different focus--such as Eastern Europe, biblical Israel, contemporary America--and together they present a vast array... Read more >