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Gifts We Love to Give

A Cooking Adventure at a Mexico Spa Novelist Vendela Vida liked eating healthy but had no idea how to cook that way—or any way, for that matter. But a visit to the new cooking school at Mexico’s celebrated Rancho La Puerta spa turned into a culinary epiphany.

Cookbooks for the Food Cognoscenti More highbrow than how-to, these 10 chefs’ books from Italy, Spain, France, England and beyond are the current must-reads for the food-obsessed.

Editor’s Letter

Gifts We Love to Give F&W editors share their favorite recipes for irresistible homemade holiday gifts— and promise these presents won’t sit untouched on the shelf until next year.

Houseguest Recipe Handbook

How to Experience Sonoma like an Ultra-VIP Ten friends hang out with Screaming Eagle’s winemaker, indulge in a blowout private lunch at Chalk Hill Estate and otherwise live the Sonoma fantasy, courtesy of bespoke travel planner Beautiful Places.

Ode to the One-Pot Dinner Party Just after World War II, Cecil Virgilia Cole proudly served her cheap and easy chili to guests. Here, her granddaughter Sara Dickerman considers the demise of the one-pot dinner party.

Stores with Class Three new tableware shops are not only importing unusual objects from around the world, they’re also offering cooking demonstrations, tea tastings and more.

The Big, Easy Christmas

The Chef, The Blogger and their Great Tahoe Weekend When food blogger Pim Techamuanvivit goes to Lake Tahoe with her boyfriend, the wildly talented chef David Kinch, the cooking is as much fun as the skiing—and distinctly less likely to result in a wipeout.

Cocktail Lounge Secrets of a Cocktail Master
Entertaining Peace, Love & the Perfect Potluck
Fast Best Holiday Hors D’oeuvres
Kitchens Kitchen Ideas: The Art Lover’s Kitchen
Kitchens Kitchen Ideas: The Modern Farmhouse
Kitchens Kitchen Ideas: The Tiny Kitchen
Last Bite Cream Puffs with Chocolate Sauce
Master Cook Jacques Pépin’s Favorite Holiday Desserts
Restaurants Best Restaurant Dishes of 2007
Tastemaker Accessible Entertaining
Tasting Room Best Wines of 2007
Tasting Room Tasting Room’s Best Bargains of 2007
Test Kitchen Perfecting the Cookie
Travel Des Moines, IA
Well-Being A Master Baker’s Healthy Breads
Wine Holiday Wine Survival Guide: Advice for the Host
Wine Holiday Wine Survival Guide: Ideal Party Wines
Wine Unbeatable Wine Gift Ideas
Wine Matters The $1,000 Wine Challenge

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