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A Star Chef’s Italian Christmas

Recipe of the Day: November 2008 These delicious dishes for everyday cooking are fast, easy and automatic staff favorites.

Food Pros Reveal Their Favorite Cookbooks Some cookbooks can do more than teach—they can change lives. Food & Wine's Emily Carrus reports.

Instant Kitchen Makeover For anyone upgrading a kitchen on a budget, designer Jeffrey Alan Marks tells how to make small changes with a big impact.

Christmas Cookies from Baking’s Biggest Talents Inventing a truly great cookie requires a kind of genius. The men and women on below all have that mega-talent, and each has a terrific new cookbook as well. They share some of their best Christmas cookies with Food & Wine.

Christmas Cookies from Baking’s Biggest Talents: Cindy Mushet Inventing a truly great cookie requires a kind of genius. Baking talent Cindy Mushet shares some of her best Christmas cookies with Food & Wine.

Christmas Cookies from Baking’s Biggest Talents: Flo Braker Inventing a truly great cookie requires a kind of genius. Baking talent Flo Braker shares some of her best Christmas cookies with Food & Wine.

Christmas Cookies from Baking’s Biggest Talents: Jacques Torres Inventing a truly great cookie requires a kind of genius. Baking talent Jacques Torres shares some of his best Christmas cookies with Food & Wine.

Christmas Cookies from Baking’s Biggest Talents: Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito Inventing a truly great cookie requires a kind of genius. Baking talents Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito share some of their best Christmas cookies with Food & Wine.

Christmas Cookies from Baking’s Biggest Talents: Nick Malgieri Inventing a truly great cookie requires a kind of genius. Baking talent Nick Malgieri shares some of his best Christmas cookies with Food & Wine.

Editor’s Letter

Five Great Boutique Champagnes for the Holidays Food & Wine's Ray Isle Shares Five Great but Lesser-Known Bottlings.

20 Holiday Parties The fun ideas here should inspire some of the season’s most unforgettable get–togethers.

40 Stellar Holiday Gifts Starting at $6.50 All tasted, tested & hand-selected by our pickiest editors.

A Guide to Buying Well-Aged Wine Only a few wines benefit from aging, but some of them are relatively affordable and sold ready to drink. Peter Hellman offers a guide to what to buy, and where.

A Star Chef’s Italian Christmas New York chef Fabio Trabocchi grew up humbly in Italy, yet he and his family always ate extremely well at Christmas. Today he makes many of the same marvelous holiday dishes, including a succulent pork rib roast and a creamy lasagna.

F&W’s Top 10 Tips for Dining Out on the Cheap There are plenty of clever ways to lower the check at the country’s best restaurants. Here are F&W’s 10 top tips for dining out on the cheap.

Miami’s Got Good Taste Pioneering chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink has brought a locavore’s integrity— and simple, spectacular recipes—to Miami’s globally minded design district. Here, the dishes the district’s store owners and art collectors love the most.

Mother-Daughter Kitchen Confidential Writer Aleksandra Crapanzano’s mother dominated the kitchen—until the night 11-year-old Aleksandra promoted herself to chef and changed their relationship forever.

Columns

Entertaining Open House Party
Entertaining Pantry Purge Party
Test Kitchen Perfecting Chicken Soup
Master Cook Pressed Caviar: The Last Undiscovered Indulgence
Entertaining Puff Pastry Prep Party
Entertaining Retro Cocktail Party
Entertaining Gumbo Party
Entertaining Gail Simmons' Hanukkah Party
Entertaining Impromptu 1-Hour Party
Entertaining Iron Chef Potluck Party
Kitchens Jeffrey Alan Marks’s Favorite Kitchen Accent Pieces
Wine Matters Champagne’s Consolation
Entertaining Cheese Tasting Party
Travel Classic Russian Cuisine in St. Petersburg
Entertaining Cookbook Party
Last Bite Cranberry and Orange Pavlova
Entertaining Do-It-Yourself Truffles Party
Fast Easy Holiday Desserts
Entertaining Feast of the Seven Fishes Party
Entertaining Fight Cancer with Cookies Party
Travel Food Across America: San Diego, California
Tasting Room 30 Classic, New & Value Cabernets
Entertaining Antipasto Party
Entertaining Après-Ski Party
Entertaining Asian Tea Party
Honors Best Restaurant Dishes of 2008
Restaurants Where to Eat, Sleep and Shop in St. Petersburg, Russia
Entertaining White-Wine Tasting Party
Entertaining Winter Solstice Party
Entertaining Wrap Party
Entertaining Soup Kitchen Party
Well-Being The Cure for Holiday Excess
Restaurants The New Green Cafes
Test Kitchen Top Weekend Breakfasts
Restaurants Miami’s Design District: Best Restaurants and Shops

Wine Global Value Cabernets
Wine Great Older Vintages: Top Wines, Top Years
News & Notes Holiday Gifts $115 and Up
News & Notes Holiday Gifts $20 and Under
News & Notes Holiday Gifts $30-$50
News & Notes Holiday Gifts $30 and Under
News & Notes Holiday Gifts $50-$115
Wine California Cabernets to Watch
Wine Champagne: 10 Top Prestige Cuvées
Wine 10 Top Affordable Champagnes
Wine 5 Great, Affordable Sparkling Wines
Wine Best Places to Buy Older Vintages
Wine Napa Valley Classic Cabernets

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