Menus and Mains
- A Winter Holiday Dinner Menu
- Lynne's Italian-American Family Holiday Menu
- Lynne's Simple Italian Christmas Eve Supper
- New Year's Day Open House Menu
- Lynne Rossetto Kasper's New Year's Eve Menu: Simple Seduction in Three Courses
- A New Year's Eve Feast for Lovers
- A Holiday Vegan Feast
- Chicken Breasts with Garlic Wine from Paula Wolfert
- Nigella Lawson's Seafood Pot
- Roast Goose, Juniper Sauce & Lemon Puree
- Pearl Barley Risotto with Mushrooms and Carrots
- Slow Roasted Pork with Glazed Orange Slices
- Mussels with Saffron and Mustard
- Garlic-stuffed Roast Goose
- Crown Roast of Lamb with Saffron Rice and Apricot-mint sauce
- Supper Tart of Red Onion & Green Grapes
- Lynne's Fast & Crisp Roast Turkey Scented with Apple and Basil
- Fresh Basil-Orange Roast Turkey
- Pomegranate and Spice-Braised Pork
- Herb-Scented Tuscan Pork Roast
- Molasses-Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Seared Sweet and Sour Red Onions and Sage-Date Power Pack
- Roast Pork (Lechón Asado)
Cookie Exchange
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies from Shirley Corriher
- Chili Spiked Mexican Wedding Cakes
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies from Dorie Greenspan
- Café Volcano Cookies from Dorie Greenspan
- Anise Cookies from Dorie Greenspan
- Lime Nut Buttons
- Lemon Butter Cookies from Dorie Greenspan
- Chocolate Macaroons from Dorie Greenspan
- Korova Cookies from Dorie Greenspan
- Chocolate Coins
Nibbles
- Pancetta Tartines
- Bruschetta of Wild Mushrooms
- Patè de Campagna
- Ham, Gruyère, and Dijon Palmiers
- Savory Fennel Parmesan Biscotti
- Brie Toasts with Chardonnay-Soaked Golden Raisins
- Cluster Haven's Pepper Mill Cheese Ball from Amy Sedaris
Drinks
- Pero Frizzante (sparkling pear cocktail)
- Vesper (James Bond's Martini)
- Mexican Hot Chocolate
- Mocha Voodoo
- Charles Dickens Hot Punch
Homemade Gifts
- Unwrapping the Holidays: D-I-Y Gift Wrap
- Seriously Good Improvisational Chocolates from Sally Schneider
- Vanilla Bean Syrup from Sally Schneider
- Lynne's Brandied Fruit
- Pears Pickled in Merlot
- Bittersweet Chocolate Cassis Truffles
- Folie of Fall Fruits (Brandied Fruits)
- Alt-Malted Milk Balls
- Miss Verba's Pimento Cheese
- Candied Grapefruit
- Cranberry Walnut Conserves
Sides
- Sweet Potato Puree with Hazelnut Soufflé from Russ Parsons
- Herman's Cornbread Stuffing
- Gingered Puree of Winter Roots
- Mustard-Glazed Red Cabbage
- 21st Century Mac and Cheese
- Galette of Sweet Yams
- Melting Greens
- Garlic Cauliflower "Mashed Potatoes"
- Carrot-Ginger Velvet
- Israeli Carrot Salad from Joan Nathan
- Perfect Potato Latkes
- Modena's Spiced Soup of Spinach and Cheese
- Braised Butternut Squash with Mustard Seeds, Chili, Curry Leaves, and Ginger?(Fricassee Giraumon) from Joan Nathan
- Pearl Barley Rissotto with Mushrooms and Carrots from Andrea Immer
- Leek "Noodles" with Crème Fraiche and Hazelnut Oil from Sally Schneider
- Cranberry-Citrus Relish with Pomegranate and Tequila
Sweets
- Chestnut Ricotta Cheesecake
- Double Pear Pudding Cake with Warm Caramel Cognac Sauce
- Chocolate Christmas Spicecake
- Triple Chocolate Flourless Christmas Log
- Apple Citron Turnover
- Rice Pudding Grand-Mere
- Guinness Gingerbread
- Sweet and Savory Quinces in White Wine and Honey
- Red Wine Jelly from Gail Monaghan's Lost Desserts
- Tuscan Apple Cake with A Crackly Meringue
- Lynne's French Chocolate Fudge Cake
- Chocolate Chile Cake
- Lynne's Pie in the Sky Apple Pie
- Richard Stolzman's Linzer Torte
- Dinner-on-the-Grounds Coconut Cake from Shirley Corriher
- Rustic Rosemary-Apple Galette from Sally Schneider
- Dark and Moist Gingerbread
Audio clips from some of our most colorful December interviews
Great tips for getting more pleasure for less money with Wine Review Online's Michael Franz
Ray Isle of Food and Wine Magazine brings us some classic wine suggestions
Bubbly is the quintessential holiday drink. Michael Franz presents a great list of bubbly on a budget
Hosting a Holiday Party? Ray Isle's got the answers to your questions in his Holiday Wine Survival Guide
RJD2 has compiled a holiday playlist especially for Splendid Table listeners. Perfect for a gathering, an intimate holiday dinner or simply decking the halls. Have a listen.....
RJD2 Holiday Playlist for The Splendid Table by The Splendid Table on Mixcloud
RJD2 is a DJ and producer who has released acclaimed albums such as Deadringer, and Since We Las Spoke. He contributed to a cover of "Airbag" by Radiohead for the 2006 album Exit Music. In 2009 he scored "A Beautiful Mine," the popular theme to the hit AMC television series, Mad Men. RJD2 recently released a collaborative album with Aaron Livingston under the name of Icebird, the album is entitled The Abandoned Lullaby and is out now.
Lynne, Sally, and The Splendid Table Staff share their favorite food books of 2011. See their picks. Also, Lynne dusted off some old favorites.
Find the perfect gift for the foodie in your life by shopping The Splendid Table Store
Enter to win a copy of Annie Rigg's Gifts from the Kitchen: 100 Irresistible Homemade Presents for Every Occasion
