Christmas with Southern Living 2010: Great Recipes * Easy Entertaining * Festive Decorations * Gift Ideas [Hardcover]

Editors of Southern Living Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Christmas With Southern Living | Publication Date: September 7, 2010

This go-to source for the most scrumptious holiday menus and recipes, easy ideas for seasonal get-togethers, and beautifully festive decorations offer over 100 brand-new recipes, including 6 complete menus that make holiday planning a snap!

Whether you're looking for Superfast Appetizers or Christmas Comfort Food, Bite-Sized Gifts or Breakfast and Brunch Favorites, you're sure to find the perfect recipe for every occasion throughout the holiday season.

Decorating ideas for mantels, trees, and tabletops spring from the pages, offering inspiration for every room in the house. From trimming the tree to setting a lovely holiday table, large, colorful photos make it see-and-do easy.

You'll also find:

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  Full-color photos for nearly every recipe
• Recipe banners to help quickly identify types of recipes, from make-ahead to editor's favorite
• A bonus Holiday Planner filled with calendars, charts, and tips to make holiday planning a breeze
• A complete cross-referenced recipe index, a decorating index, and a where-to-find-it resource listing for many of the items shown in the book

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About the Author

For over 40 years, Southern Living magazine has delivered definitive Southern food, decorating, and entertaining ideas to its readers, making it one of the most trusted sources in the country that reaches over 16 million readers monthly. With the magazine's Home for the Holidays special section each November, the Christmas All Through the House bonus section each December, plus heavy holiday emphasis throughout the main magazine, Southern Living has also come to be known as a Christmas expert.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (September 7, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848733460
• ISBN-13: 978-0848733469
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.8 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not much inspiration here..., August 30, 2010

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Tennessee Reader (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Christmas with Southern Living 2010: Great Recipes * Easy Entertaining * Festive Decorations * Gift Ideas (Hardcover)

While this edition contains many new recipes, which I intend to try, the decorating section is uninspiring. I found nothing special. Many of the photos featured are reprints from past issues of the now-defunct Southern Accents or from last December's Southern Living Magazine. Dana Wolters is evidently Southern Living's new darling decorator, and her featured work is unimpressive. The "spa crafts" are reprints from Christmas with Southern Living 1995 through 1997. I've been collecting these books since 1986, and all I can say is: "DISAPPOINTING!"

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good year (especially if you want recipes), August 24, 2010

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Nathalie G. (Deep South, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Christmas with Southern Living 2010: Great Recipes * Easy Entertaining * Festive Decorations * Gift Ideas (Hardcover)

I'm pleased with the 2010 issue - Southern Living appears to have listened to its readers and Christmas with Southern Living 2010 includes more recipes than I remember in past years (I found these interesting: roasted meyer lemon-peppercorn game hens, stuffed pork loin chops, a section on Mexican-inspired items and one on Cajun-inspired items, bananas foster cake, chocolate brown sugar cake with caramel filling, eggs benedict casserole, cinnamon apple-stuffed french toast with caramel syrup, double cheese tartlets (blue & gouda cheeses are used), baked mostaccioli, loaded potato soup & chocolate peanut butter pretzel bites). There is still a large decorating section and, in SL tradition, it leans toward larger-scale homes but offers some items which could be modified & incorporated into typical readers' homes (there's a cute retro mantel, which uses small metallic Christmas trees & glass ornament/figurine Santas; a "Williamsburg-ish" mantle of simple decoration with fruit; creating a small tree using a bare deciduous tree branch with "ornaments" attached (I don't like SL's choice of ornaments, but this could be modified); hanging small wreaths from a stairway bannister with the 12 days of Christmas icons hanging inside the wreath (this would also be cute using old Christmas cards) and a few ideas on how to tuck a little Christmas into small corners with vases, stockings, simple table decorations, etc.). I was pleased to see that several non-food gift ideas were presented, which will allow readers to give lovely Christmas presents without overspending (gardener's hand scrub, lavender eye pillow and various bath oils & bath salts - SL put the bath salts in a clear plastic ball-shaped ornament, which was cute). It's not SL's best year (the decorating is not geared toward your average home &, while gorgeous, isn't always practical) but it's much better than what I've seen in recent years and, as with the 2009 issue, not a repeat of ideas in prior issues (a common SL trick if you follow it over time). If possible, I would recommend previewing a copy before ordering but if, like me, you order this every year I believe you will be pleased (especially if your primary goal is obtaining recipes & looking at pretty pictures).

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, September 6, 2010

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Joeski - See all my reviews

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I must agree this year's book was quite disappointing. I have purchased these books since the early 90's and wait each fall with excitement to receive the newest edition. My youngest daughter has always been a strong fan also. She thumb through this year's edition to only finish with "what happen to their style". From this year forward I will wait until the book appears in stores so that I may look through that year's edition prior to purchase.