"Gellar learned quickly that to get her kids to be adventurous with food, she had to involve them in preparing it. The process could also be fun and help them develop self-confidence, creative thinking, and even math skills! Now Gellar and Russo present food-crafting ideas, organized by month, that offer projects for every occasion and theme. The possibilities are endless!" --

Easy Christmas Cut-Up Cakes for Kids proves that you don't have to spend lots of money to getsomething special! A follow-up to the popular Easy Cut-Up Cakes for Kids, this book teaches children and parents to make fabulous Christmas creations from regular square, round, and 9 x 13-inch cake pans.

"A festive baking book featuring more than 50 recipes to enjoy during the holiday season and all winter long"--

Offers one hundred recipes for holiday breads that use homemade, high-moisture yeast dough, including such breads as lavash, braided challah, monkey bread, sufganiyot, and panettone.

"Passover baking is the greatest annual challenge in the Jewish kitchen--because dessert recipes cannot use flour, yeast, soymilk, or even pure vanilla--but [this book] changes all that with more than 45 Passover recipes that put a contemporary, gourmet twist on classic Jewish desserts and introduces bakers to desserts they may not have considered for a particular holiday, such as pumpkin doughnuts for Chanukah, caramelized mocha & vanilla bean napoleons...

Take your holiday cookie decorating to impressive new heights! Valerie Peterson and Janice Fryer will have you sprinkling powdered snowflakes onto cheery snowmen and adding a sugary glimmer to multicolored strands of licorice lights. With more than 60 fabulous designs for Christmas cookies, plus festive delights for New Year’s and Hanukkah, Cookie Craft Christmas gives you the inspiration and simple instructions you need for batch

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"The Friendsgiving Handbook is for enthusiastic home cooks and those who aspire to throw a Thanksgiving dinner for friends - or want a gift for that friend who hosts. With recipes for a traditional meal and encouragement to make it your own and leave the stress of entertaining behind, it is a great resource and a lovely gift for celebrating the holiday with your family by choice"--

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is tough enough, but when special occasions roll around most people throw up their hands and dive into the Super Bowl snacks, Fourth of July hot dogs, Halloween treats, and New Year's champagne -- knowing they'll regret it later. In Healthy Holidays, actress and healthy living expert Marilu Henner offers another choice. Here Marilu shows us how easy and fun it is to prepare healthy meals for family and friends for special...