Season's Greetings: Cooking and Entertaining for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's [Paperback]

Marlene Sorosky (Author), Geoffrey Nilsen (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1997

A best-selling classic with well over one hundred thousand copies sold, Season's Greetings is now beautifully redesigned, including new color photographs throughout. Marlene Sorosky has built a tremendous following over the years as more and more people discover they can rely upon her exceptional menus and recipes -- especially for all-important and often nerve-racking Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's celebrations. Season's Greetings offers wonderful traditional menus for the holidays, and even includes great ideas for snacks, centerpieces, decorations, and delicious gifts -- from pickles and mustards to jams, fruitcakes, pies, and liqueurs. Perfect for novice hosts wondering how to feed hordes of hungry relatives, as well as anyone looking forward to a homespun holiday season, this revised and updated edition of Season's Greetings is every cook's source for unbeatable feast, fete, and Yuletide fun.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"Putting up" preserves is one of the oldest culinary traditions, and Lupi, an Italian food editor, and Sorzio, head chef of a Venice hotel, serve up the gamut of centuries-old favorites, including orange-and-lemon marmalade, grape jelly, raspberry preserves, dried apples, canned tomatoes and pickles. This exhaustive guide, accompanied by tempting color photographs and illustrations, also offers less standard items like curried leeks, citron marmalade, fruit preserved in liquor and syrup, and with flowers (rose petal and apple preserves), and vegetable preserves (carrot and tomato jams). A small caveat is that some of the more exotic fruits and vegetables are difficult to procure. Beginners will enjoy the valuable preserving tips and sample step-by-step recipes (grapes in grappa, artichokes in light brine, cauliflower in oil, button mushrooms in vinegar, sweet-sour onions, etc.).
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

'Tis the Season to Indulge Joyfully
Season's Greetings! The words themselves bring to mind pictures of family gatherings, stores decorated with garlands and lights, traditional holiday songs, beautifully wrapped presents under a tree and, of course, the wonderful and unforgettable smells coming from the kitchen.

It is during this time of year that once-a-year foods are prepared with an extra ounce of love for family and friends.

It doesn't matter whether you're the one planning and cooking the special meal or one of the lucky ones who simply enjoys the scrumptious tastes and smells--there's something about the holiday season that brings childlike excitement to both adult and youngsters.

"Season's Greetings" shows how to carry on holiday traditions in a changing world. For many, this classic cookbook is a tradition in itself. It's a cookbook for novice hosts who wonder how on earth they're going to feed the hordes of hungry relatives and friends. It's a cookbook for busy parents who wonder how to recreate the holiday excitement they remember from their own childhoods.

Marlene Sorosky has created a rich assortment of classic and innovative recipes that will make all your holidays memorable, offering menus that bring them all together, as well as ideas for charming decorations and delectable gifts.

Whether you're longing to recapture that time-honored holiday spirit or to invent some new family customs, you'll find delicious inspirations in "Season's Greetings."

The one great thing about this cookbook is that it serves both the palette and the eyes, for it is beautifully illustrated with fabulous photographs by veteran photographer Geoffrey Nilsen.

The contents covers such topics as: Fruitcakes, spirits, liqueurs and vinegars, pies, tea, holiday buffets, the night before Christmas dinner, and sweets from the sugar plum fairy.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 2nd edition edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811816680
• ISBN-13: 978-0811816687
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,119,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific recipes for holiday and party entertaining., November 24, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Season's Greetings: Cooking and Entertaining for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's (Paperback)

I immediately went out and purchased this book after attending a party in which the hostess presented a beautiful and tasty appetizer buffet using eight different recipes from Season's Greetings. The recipes are all eye appealing, delicious and in most cases easy to make. Recipes also include make-ahead tips. I highly recommend it for the beginner as well as the seasoned hostess.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food for lady who has no time to cook, April 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Season's Greetings: Cooking and Entertaining for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's (Paperback)

I bought this book on sale due to the food pictures in thebook. A person who love cooking usually can tell if the author isgood by looking at the pictures of the final product. What attracted me to get this book was her recipe for pick up drumsticks. That is the most simple recipe I had seen for baking up drumpsticks that looked like they were fried. Other ideas in the book are also great and time saving. Our church always having special holiday dinner or special dinner gets together for rivival meeting nights, etc. It is so hard to finds people who are willing to cook for such large audience. This is a life saver for ladies who are in charge of the food for those special occasion, even for a Chinese church. I had already shared some of the recipes with friends at church and they just can't wait to try them out (This also include busy guys who help their wives out with cooking). I highly recommend you to get a copy of this book. END

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cook book review, December 23, 2005

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LauraE. (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Season's Greetings: Cooking and Entertaining for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's (Paperback)

I have owned this Holiday cookbook for at least 10 years
and it's fantastic. I am now buying a copy for my parents
'cause they are hooked on a couple of recipes and want their own copy.