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"The New Thanksgiving Table: An American Celebration of Family, Friends and Food"
by Diane Morgan
Photographs by Leigh Beisch
Chronicle Books -- 2009
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Thanksgiving may be all about tradition, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for a bit of experimentation.

In Diane Morgan's follow-up to "The Thanksgiving Table," she looks to new culinary traditions on the American Thanksgiving table. While there are old favorites like deviled eggs and giblet gravy, they share the spotlight with linguiça sausage stuffing and hazelnut popovers. This is not a T-day cookbook for your stodgy grandmother.

Walking into my office building this morning, I was greeted by a cacophony of holiday decorations. There wreaths on the walls, three life-sized reindeers grouped around a Christmas tree and a giant Menorah perched on the security desk. The holiday season is here!

I realize that Thanksgiving only just wrapped up, but one glance at The Christmas Table by Diane Morgan will have you itching to get started on your Christmas menu-planning and cooking. Full of elegant holiday-appropriate recipes and gorgeous pictures, this book offers you a variety of ways to make your holiday parties, brunches and buffets just that much more lovely and special.

This book opens with a bunch of beautiful appetizers and then heads into soups/salads, main courses, festive sides, desserts and breakfasts. Towards the back, there's a section devoted to cookies, foods appropriate for holiday giving and great tricks for transforming your holiday leftovers into fresh meals that will keep your family feasting for days.

The Christmas Table would make a wonderful present for someone who is hosting a holiday gathering for the first time this year, as it offers pre-made menus and organized lists that will guide you through the tasks necessary to pull off family dinner without a hitch.

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