Family-Friendly Party Done Right

Recipes fit for kids, loved by adults, and perfect for a holiday get-together.

Winter 2009 Gift Guide: Under $15

Holiday gift ideas, including quirky gingerbread molds, sweet ideas for tabletops, and special seeds for your favorite gardener.

Winter 2009 Gift Guide: Cookbooks

Holiday gift ideas, including books for novice cooks, expert cooks, and people who just like reading about cooking.

Spicy Holiday Cocktail Party

Rock it like it’s hot with this festive menu.

Holiday Central

Recipes, menus, gifts, and entertaining tips for all your celebratory needs.

Post-Holiday Recovery Menu

Atone for indulgences with this nutritious winter supper.

Popcorn Balls for the Holidays

Too sweet and delicious to hang on a tree.

Suckling Pig for the Holidays

Go big with Chef Jose Garces’s festive menu.

Holiday Beer Cheer 2007

CHOW rates this year’s winter warmers.

10 Holiday Confections

Cookies, candies, and cakey things to give or be given.

Holiday gift ideas, including an awesome pepper grinder; a spicy, porky treat; and naked-body shot glasses.

Holiday gift ideas, including a starter kit for fermenters, a stylish mortar and pestle, and a direct route to sharper knives.

Holiday gift ideas, including goth flatware, a clever creamer, and delicious chocolates.

Holiday gift ideas, including the ideal mini bar, a collapsible greenhouse, and a Cuisinart perfected.

How to Stay Healthy During the Holidays

Clean Food author Terry Walters weighs in.