Holiday Menus
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Scott Conant's Global Christmas Dinner
When Manhattan chef Scott Conant makes Christmas dinner, the menu honors his mother’s Italian background—but also his father’s New England heritage and his wife’s Turkish roots. Oh, and there’s a Dominican-inspired cake, too.
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A Sweet Holiday Potluck
A fantastic holiday potluck dinner that ends with a witty take on bûche de Noël cake called Stump de Noël.
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Christmas With a Spanish Accent
Fast-moving, fast-talking chef José Andrés combines Spanish and American flavors for a Christmas feast featuring a stellar sausage-stuffed rack of pork.
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Big, Easy Christmas
Even with children, restaurants and a singular commitment to revitalizing his home city of New Orleans, star chef John Besh finds time to create a fantastic Christmas dinner of semitraditional Southern dishes for family and friends.
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Michael Mina's Christmas Dinner
Star San Francisco chef Michael Mina’s luxe Christmas menu includes truffle-infused French onion soup and juicy prime rib.
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An 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.
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Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo's New Year's Eve Dinner
This New Year's Eve party menu includes fun and delicious dishes, like thinly sliced skirt steak with smoky paprika butter and seared scallops atop potato pancakes.
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Jean-Georges and Marja Vongerichten's Global Holiday Menu
Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and his wife, Marja, host a holiday dinner with his-and-hers courses and one magnificent pork shoulder.
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Gabriel Kreuther's Holiday Dinner
F&W Best New Chef Gabriel Kreuther prepares several amazing dishes for a holiday party, including a twist on tarte flambée, a traditional Alsatian tart, and a frozen nougat studded with dried cranberries, apricots, and candied orange rind.
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Intimate Christmas Dinner
These dishes—for smaller holiday dinners of four guests or fewer—deliver big flavor, such as lamb-shoulder chops braised in a mixture of jammy Zinfandel, herbs and dried fruit.
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