Holiday Cooking

Whether you are looking for a new recipe to try over the holidays or you are the chef for the holiday feast, this list will help guide you and give you some ideas.

Updated December 10, 2025
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Bon appetit holidays
Paper Book
This book contains sixteen chapters; each one devoted to a different holiday. It has easy-to-follow recipes & also includes many helpful tips.
The pioneer woman cooks : a year of holidays : 140 step-by-step recipes for simple, scrumptious celebrations
Drummond, Ree.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller Ree Drummond--accidental country girl, award-winning blogger, Food Network personality, and #1 New York Times bestselling author--presents The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays, a fantastic collection of recipes, photos, and homespun...
Jewish holidays cookbook : festive meals for celebrating the year
Bloomfield, Jill.
Paper Book
The traditions and recipes of Judaism are celebrated in this beautiful modern cookbook geared toward kids and their families. Eleven Jewish holidays are discussed and accompanied by recipes for the ancient and modern foods traditionally served. Kids can lead the charge on braiding their first...
Chinese festivals cookbook
Thompson, Stuart.
Paper Book
These beautiful highly illustrated holiday cookbooks give readers a virtual taste of those special dishes unique to four major religious and cultural traditions. Students will discover the diverse backgrounds of serving these special foods during the holiday season. Step-by-step instructions, along...
Holiday entertaining
Williams, Chuck
Paper Book
Packed with over 125 festive recipes, inspirational styling ideas, helpful information on planning and decorating, and stunning lifestyle photography, Williams-Sonoma Holiday Entertaining offers a fresh approach to celebrating the season. With a family-friendly focus, this 288-page guide inspires...
Sweet! celebrations
Strachan, Elise
Paper Book
The creator and host of My Cupcake Addiction--one of the world's most widely viewed online baking shows--shares her most dazzling and delicious dessert recipes and ingenious entertaining tips so you can throw the perfect party. Whether you're putting together a simple snack or an...
American Girl holiday baking
Gerulat, Nicole Hill
Paper Book
The ninth book in the bestselling series from American Girl, American Girl Holiday Baking features over 45 delicious recipes for young chefs to bake for the holidays. Inspiring photography, ideas for planning festive celebrations, and plenty of helpful cooking tips make this book the...
America's Test Kitchen menu cookbook : kitchen-tested menus for foolproof dinner parties : 51 menus for every occasion plus strategies that guarantee less stress and better food
Tremblay, Carl.
Paper Book
Now complete with a brand new cover, this must-have entertaining cookbook takes all the guesswork out of putting together flavorful and practical menus. When you're entertaining, there's no room for failure--you want your food to deliver on taste and presentation--yet you...
A sweet year : Jewish celebrations and festive recipes for kids and their families
Nathan, Joan
Paper Book
A LA TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR * A STRATEGIST BEST COOKBOOK TO GIFT THIS YEAR The "queen of American Jewish cooking" (Houston Chronicle) revises her children's classic for a new generation. In Jewish tradition, holidays are a time for family and...
Holiday food
Batali, Mario.
Paper Book
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 simple...
The new Jewish holiday cookbook : an international collection of recipes and customs
Greene, Gloria Kaufer
Paper Book
Interweaving folklore and the finest of Jewish cookery, this collection of original recipes, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic, from around the world includes directions for kosher dishes to suit the diverse Jewish holidays.
Holiday cookies : showstopping recipes to sweeten the season
Nederlanden, Elisabet der
Paper Book
From Icebox Pinwheel Cookies to Red-and-White Meringue Kisses to Apple Cider Caramels, find new inspiration for the best of seasonal baking with Holiday Cookies. This instant holiday classic is packed with 50 recipes, each gorgeously photographed and meticulously tested,...
The pastry queen Christmas : big-hearted holiday entertaining, Texas style
Rather, Rebecca.
Paper Book
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...
The Martha Stewart living Christmas cookbook : a collection of favorite holiday recipes
Paper Book
SinceMartha Stewart LivingMagazine'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 ofLivinghas included Martha's favorite recipes, as well as the staff's. For the first time, more than six hundred of these...
The children's Jewish holiday kitchen : 70 ways to have fun with your kids and make your family's celebrations special
Nathan, Joan.
Paper Book
In The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen, beloved authority on Jewish cooking Joan Nathan shares seventy child-friendly recipes and cooking activities from around the world. Covering the ten major holidays, here she present a vast array of foods, flavors, and ideas. Included are dishes old...
Feast : food that celebrates life
Lawson, Nigella
Paper Book
Nigella Lawson, Gourmet magazine's "It Girl," New York Times "Dining In" columnist, and bestselling cookbook author, is celebrating life--and you're invited. Feast, Nigella's most festive book yet, offers savory, spicy, and delicious recipes for Thanksgiving,...
Thanksgiving : how to cook it well
Sifton, Sam.
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY EATER.COM From one of America's finest food writers, the founder of The New York Times Cooking section, comes a definitive, timeless guide to Thanksgiving dinner--preparing it, surviving it, and pulling it off in style.
Friendsgiving : celebrate your family of friends
Shytsman, Alexandra
Paper Book
Throw a stress-free, festive holiday gathering for your family of friends! This unique and beautifully packaged Friendsgiving guide is filled with inspired menus, twenty-five creative recipes, tips, and more. Friendsgiving is everything you love about Thanksgiving-- think memorable Turkey...
The Good Housekeeping Christmas cookbook
Paper Book
Hang the stockings, deck the halls, and cook up a happy holiday with Good Housekeeping! Brimming with more than 300 celebration-worthy recipes, sparkling decorating ideas, and suggestions for homemade (and home-baked) gifts, this sumptuous,...
A year of gingerbread houses : making & decorating gingerbread houses for all seasons
Samuell, Kristine
Paper Book
Nothing's more enticing for any holiday or special occasion than an awesome, lusciously decorated gingerbread house. With designs for Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, and birthdays, these exquisite projects include a cottage, chalet, and two-story house. Options as customized...
The complete make-ahead cookbook : from appetizers to desserts 500 recipes you can make in advance
Paper Book
An impressive collection of 500 recipes at your fingertips! Make the recipe all at once, if you have time; or, use the accompanying suggestions on what parts are best to make ahead separately if you're short on time that day. Every recipe has been tested thoroughly on what's best to make when, and...
Entertaining
Stewart, Martha.
Paper Book
With 500 glorious full-color photographs, 300 original recipes, and hundreds of innovative ideas, Entertaining is the book that revolutionized the way people entertain today. 500 full-color photographs.
The forest feast gatherings : simple vegetarian menus for hosting friends & family
Gleeson, Erin
Paper Book
Erin Gleeson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Forest Feast, returns with a gorgeously illustrated cookbook packed with 100 brand-new simple vegetarian recipes designed for relaxed entertaining. When food photographer and stylist Erin Gleeson left New York City to live in...
Thanksgiving : the holiday at the heart of the American experience
Kirkpatrick, Melanie
Paper Book
We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little-known history beyond the famous Pilgrim feast of 1621. Melanie Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries to craft a vivid portrait of our nation's best-loved tradition in...

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