Intro -- List of Recipes and Sidebars -- In Good Spirits -- Appetizers, Soup, and Salad -- Boosting the Flavor of Nuts -- Stuffed Mushrooms -- Nutty Stuffed Mushrooms -- Stuffed Mushrooms with Bacon Bread Crumbs -- Cheese Straws -- Pickled Eggs with Oranges and Warm Spices -- Creamy Oyster and Potato Stew -- Fennel and Orange Salad -- Preparing Citrus Wheels -- Poultry -- Classic Roast Turkey with Gravy -- Turkey Gravy -- Stock Options -- Timing for Defrosting Large Birds -- To Brine or Not to Brine? -- Timing for Roasting Turkey -- How to Carve a Turkey -- Removing Turkey Breasts -- Roast Goose -- Meat -- Baked Country Ham -- Baked Wet-Cured Ham -- Prime Rib Roast for a Small Crowd -- Prime Rib for a Big Crowd -- Boneless Prime Rib -- Carving Prime Rib -- Stuffing and Bread -- Bread Stuffing with Fruit -- Fruit-and-Nut or Vegetable-And-Nut Bread -- Pumpkin Ginger Bread with Hazelnuts -- Brown Sugar Carrot Bread with Almonds -- 5 Seasonal Fruit or Vegetable and Nut Combinations -- Sides -- Red Cabbage with Apples -- Glazed Chestnuts -- Port-Glazed Chestnuts -- Creamy Glazed Chestnuts -- Preparing Chestnuts -- Braised Winter Squash in Caramel Sauce -- Braised Winter Squash in Caramel Sauce with Balsamic Vinegar and Rosemary -- Mashed Potatoes -- "Smashed" Potatoes -- Garlicky Mashed Potatoes -- Mashed Sweet Potatoes -- More Ways to Flavor Mashed Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes -- Desserts -- Aunt Big's Gingersnaps -- Gingerbread Men -- Molasses-Spice Cookies -- Refrigerator (or Rolled) Cookies -- Peanut Butter Cookies -- Rosemary Sugar Cookies -- Brown Sugar and Salt Cookies -- Brittled Popcorn -- Nut Brittle -- Chocolate-Nut Brittle -- 6 Other Things to Add to Brittle -- Spice Mixtures as Gifts -- Chili Powder -- Fragrant Curry Powder -- Five-Spice Powder -- Boozy Apple Cake -- Beet Cake with Orange Glaze.

Parsnip or Carrot Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting -- Fennel Cake with Grapefruit Glaze -- Boozy Cake Soak -- Double-Chocolate Bars -- Chocolate Peppermint Bars -- Chocolate Cranberry or Cherry Bars -- Chocolate Swirl Bars -- Decorating Holiday Treats -- Vanilla Glaze -- Orange or Grapefruit Glaze -- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting -- Chocolate Buttercream Frosting -- Maple Buttercream Frosting -- Menus -- Recipes by Icon -- Books by Mark Bittman.