Let the holiday baking begin with this homemade cookie how-to from Institute of Culinary Education chef Victoria Burghi

New holiday recipes and menus for Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Eve are our gift to you! Plus, a trio of holiday cookies, the best Christmas cake, Ruth Bourdain's gift-giving advice, and 14 more ideas...

Go from simple to sophisticated with three can't-miss cookie recipes in our Holiday Cookie Craze assortment.

Your holiday table will shine bright this year with creative takes on three festive favorites in our Hanukkah Feast menu.

Serve up traditional holiday favorites for appetites of all ages with our Christmas Classic menu.

Toast 2013 with finger-friendly snacks inspired by global flavors in our New Year's Eve Entertaining menu.

Making salted brown butter the flavor base of a cookie will turn your holiday cookie swap into the hottest, hippest party in town.

Mushrooms made from meringue are the traditional edible decoration for a Yule log cake, and their cute quotient is high—they never fail to charm young and old alike.

Green beans have a certain suave, slender elegance that makes them a classic accompaniment to rosy-red roast beef. Try tossing them in a hot skillet with shallots and pecans that get caramelized in buttery...

We know children and adults alike will get a big kick out of the edible potato "scales" that top these individual slabs of salmon. Arranging the scales on the fish is a project your budding young chefs will jump...