Author: Faith Durand

There is so much to love in these pretty table settings from Emersonmade: Lovely handprinted linens, rustic paper runners, and all those colorful flowers.

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This December we have invited a handful of The Kitchn’s friends and fellow bloggers to share their own holiday memories and recipes with us. These guest posters will bring you holiday food from around the world and from their own cultures, and hopefully this will open up some new-to-you blog reads as well! Starting today and running until the New Year we’re so pleased to invite some of our friends, new and old, to join us. Welcome!

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If you are feeling swept up in the holiday spirit but wreaths and trees aren’t your thing, try your hand at architecture! We’ve gathered up some iced inspiration to get you thinking about the gingerbread house of your dreams.

• Read the full post at Apartment Therapy

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Q: I just broke up with a Hoosier a few months ago, and I am sad I won’t be getting a slice of Sugar Cream Pie he used to bring back for me during the holidays.

Do you have a great recipe for one so I can make it myself?

Sent by Becky

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A fun and cute Christmas craft, plus a beautiful little coconut cake in today’s Delicious Links.

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Last night we headed out to a special dinner at a Sichuan restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown. We don’t review restaurants here at The Kitchn, so we’ll move on with just a brief note on the experience (it was awesome) and shift to a question that the meal inspired. What do you only eat out at a restaurant and, vice versa, what do you only eat at home?

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Great homemade food gifts for mailing, a roundup of a dozen hot casseroles, and a recipe for peppermint mocha. These and more from this past week’s top posts; read on for the top ten!

15. 8 Tips To Use At Home From The Guy Fieri Road Show
14. Morning Ritual: Jennifer Rakowski’s Breakfasts
13. Kitchen Keeping: How to Clean the Pot After Boiling Sugar
12. Holiday Gift Guide: Kitchen Gifts Under $10
11. Recipe: Tex-Mex Migas

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It’s sharing time; gather round! We are curious about your favorite winter holiday recipes and treats. Gingerbread, sugar cookies, fruitcake, holiday ham and Christmas morning cinnamon rolls are part of our own food landscape this time of year. What about you? What are your family’s favorite recipes? A special thumbrint cookie? Hanukkah latkes or doughnuts? Tell us all about your favorite holiday treat!

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It’s the weekend, and the holidays are practically upon us. We’re thinking about plain, nourishing food, like a good pot of beans. What about you? Are you baking up a storm, or are you looking for respite from the coming flurry of sweets? Tell us here, and peruse a few links from the past week at The Kitchn.

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Did you see the rental kitchen (well, whole apartment, really) in The New York Times that was transformed by its tenants? They received a substantial reduction in rent and a long-term lease in exchange for renovating their Brooklyn apartment. Take a look at this kitchen before the renovation!

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Look at this amazing partridge in a pear tree gingerbread creation from Megan of not martha! Also, food snob place cards, cauliflower with rye, and a breakfast quiche that looks so yummy.

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Gift guides — are you tired of ’em yet? We love rounding up the best things for your kitchen, but we promise we’re drawing near to the end of our holiday gifting. Here’s just one more list of things that may be useful now or later: our picks for long-lasting, lifetime gifts. These are the big gifts, the ones that won’t fit in a stocking (or a stocking-stuffer budget). But sometimes it’s just right to give something that will last a long time.

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Q: I am required to bring a dish to my annual office Christmas party. Sounds simple enough, but one of my coworkers suffers from Celiac Disease. Although we’re not required to bring something wheat-free, I’d like to bring in a great holiday dish that everyone at the office can enjoy.

The dish does not have to be vegetarian or vegan, just no wheat.

Sent by Teddi

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Q: I have always been curious about sunchokes, but I have yet to try them. I picked up a bunch with the idea of trying to make them at home. However, I really don’t know what they taste like so I’m not sure what I should serve them with.

What protein pairs well with a sunchoke puree? Also, what is a good method for making a sunchoke puree?

Sent by David

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Some lovely things in today’s Delicious Links: unusual yet intriguing poached pear fritters, along with some handmade things for giving (or keeping).

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Every week we bring you our favorite eating and cooking from our friends at Serious Eats. This week we couldn’t pass by this recipe from Madhur Jaffrey: chicken that calls for an entire half pound of cilantro leaves! Plus there’s a gift guide for gluten-free cooks, a Mobius strip doughnut, and rabbit and garlic soup.

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We just came across a kitchen that we do believe manages to have it all. It’s warm and glowing, painted in that yellow color we do love in kitchens. It’s artistic, with art scattered about, and an antique table from Italy in the corner. And yet it’s also practical in so many ways; it’s clear that a real cook lives here.

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Q: Any suggestions for how to use up hot cocoa mix?

Every year for Christmas my mother-in-law gives me more than I could drink in five years, let alone one, and I hate to see it go to waste.

Sent by Jillian

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Wow, look at this baked fish in a salt crust from The Italian Dish; we have always wanted to try this ourselves!

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I know we’ve been talking about Christmas cookies a lot these past couple of weeks (hey, it’s the season!) but here’s just one more pretty thing for your cookie baking adventures. If I was going to buy one new set of cookie cutters this year, this would be it.

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