Holiday recipes
Party snacks, spreads, and starters
We’ve rounded up a delicious array of recipes for appetizers and snacks to take you through holiday party season and beyond. |
Treats for Hanukkah
 Rugelach: Jewish pastries for Hanukkah
Even though the recipe contains yeast, there’s no kneading or rising required for these walnut-raisin filled treats. |
Holiday gift guide for beer lovers
You can still give out quality gifts to friends based on your vast knowledge of beer and beer-related products. The following gifts will get you in good with the beer-savvy crowd.
Plonkapalooza 2012
We conducted a blind tasting of 50 red and white wines called Plonkapalooza and invite three distinguished sommeliers to find the biggest values in little wines.
Cocktail party recipes
Just add bubbly: Mix-and-match recipes, like rosemary and garlic olives, you can make ahead for an elegant holiday cocktail party.
17 sensational seasonal sips
Bartenders from all over Boston and as far as Providence worked with Straight Up blogger Josh Childs to round up 17 recipes for quintessential and esoteric holiday cocktails.
10 classic party spreads
We took these party classics into the kitchen to give them a modern touch, but leave their homey qualities intact.
Desserts
Baked goodies ready for gifting
We rounded up a list of gift-worthy recipes for sweet treats that are sure to please at your next bake sale or cookie swap.
From the hearth
Homemade gifts
Gifts put together in your kitchen add warmth to your holiday greetings. Learn how to make Walnut toffee, and more.
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Cookies and candies
Find recipes, baking tips, and articles about chocolate-chunk shortbread (left), rich chocolate cookies, sugar cookies, and more.
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This is one course of an exquisite lunch at Hauner Winery, on the Aeolian island of Salina off the Northern coast of Sicily. We had just...
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