The gathering of family and friends for
Thanksgiving is behind us, but there are many more occasions for us to
celebrate in December. In just a few
days there will by the celebration of Hanukkah.
During the Festival of Lights, many will come together to remember, to
play games, and to celebrate these eight days with the traditional potato
latkes as well as such delicacies as Tarragon Pea Soup, Sweet Potato and Pear
Soup, Honey Turnips, Sauerbraten A La Nathan, Roast Goose with Chestnut and
Apple Stuffing, Brisket with Burgandy-Orange Sauce, Sufganiot, and David Star
Cookies. All these recipes and many more
are in the following books: The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, Divine Kosher Cuisine, Jewish Holiday Cooking, The Essential Book of Jewish Festival
Cooking, The World of Jewish Entertaining, and A Hanukkah Holiday Cookbook and in the DVD, Jacques Pepin’s Chanukah.
In mentioning cookies, our next holiday
comes to mind. What would Christmas be
without cookies? In Christmas Cookies: A Holiday Cookbook, Cookie Cookbook: an inspiration for
the season, and Very Merry Cookies, there are well over 200 recipes for
you to try. Many of our other books
include cookie recipes as well as everything else you need to make this holiday
bright: ideas to help with decorating inside and out, gift making and wrapping,
special cooking for the holiday and plans for special gatherings. The following books should help inspire you
for the season: Sweet Christmas, The Best of Christmas at Home
Cookbook, Nigella Christmas: Food, Family,
Friends, Festivities,
Victoria, 500 Christmas Ideas, Christmas With Paula Deen, I’m Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas, and Christmas From the Heart.
Because this is such a busy time of the
year any shortcuts are appreciated. If
you’d like to have a variety of cookies, but don’t have the time to bake 30
varieties, how about a cookie exchange?
You could start a new Christmas tradition by getting together with
family and friends. Each person that
comes would bring an allotted amount of cookies, the exchange is made, and
after a nice get together, everyone goes home with a great assortment of
cookies. All the ins and outs of a
perfect cookie exchange as well as more cookie recipes are shown in the
following books: Very Merry Cookie Party: how to plan
and host a Christmas cookie exchange, The Great Christmas Cookie Swap
Cookbook: 60 large batch recipes to bake and store, and The Christmas Cookie Cookbook: all
the rules and delicious recipes to start your own holiday cookie club.
There may be some of you who would love to
make the traditional cookies, but can’t because of wheat allergies. No problem.
In Gluten-free Baking for the Holidays and Gluten-free Christmas Cookies are all the gluten-free basics to
help you create well over 100 varieties of cookies to help make your season
merry.
So however you celebrate the season, we at
the Weyenberg Library wish you and yours a very special holiday season.
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courtesy of Easicat
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