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    Appetizers

    • Beef tartare with baguettes, herbs, wine, and napkins.
      Steak Tartare
    • Dipping a crispy fry into homemade mayo.
      The Crispiest Homemade French Fries
    • Butternut squash soup with title text: THanksgiving appetizers.
      Thanksgiving Appetizers Everyone Will Love
    • Several bowls of roasted butternut squash soup, surrounded by garnishes like pumpkin seeds and chili powder.
      Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
    • A ramekin with chicken liver parfait and a sugar brulee top, broken with a spoon.
      Chicken Liver Parfait with Toasted Brioche (Brûléed)
    • Caprese salad with basil and mozzarella on a plate.
      Caprese Salad
    • A bowl of mussels in white wine sauce with gold cutlery.
      White Wine Mussels Recipe
    • A bowl of cream of mushroom soup with seared shiitake mushrooms.
      Cream of Mushroom Soup with Parmesan and Seared Shiitakes

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    Entrees

    • Steak au poivre, pepper crust, cognac sauce.
      Steak au Poivre: The Ultimate Guide to a French Classic
    • Bowl of white pork ragu with gold cutlery.
      Ragu Bianco (White Pork Ragu)
    • A chunk of slow roasted, braised pork shoulder with buttery mashed potatoes and sage.
      Easy Apple Cider Braised Pork Shoulder
    • A platter of steak, fries and béarnaise sauce along with red wine.
      Homemade Steak Frites (with Béarnaise Sauce)
    • A bowl of mushrooms risotto with truffle oil, chives, and parmesan cheese.
      Creamy Mushroom Risotto (with Truffle)
    • Pasta with pancetta and peas in a bowl.
      One-Pot Creamy Pasta with Peas and Pancetta
    • Truffle pasta with shaved black truffle, truffle butter, and pappardelle noodles. Gold fork.
      Black Truffled Pasta (with Creamy White Wine Sauce)
    • A plate of mushroom pasta with cream sauce.
      Creamy Mushroom Pasta with White Wine Sauce

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    Sides

    • A bowl of brussels sprouts with title text: christmas side dishes.
      Delicious Side Dishes for Christmas
    • A pan of mashed potatoes, with golden parmesan on top.
      The Ultimate Make-Ahead Mashed Potato Casserole with Roasted Garlic
    • A plate of honey roasted carrots, garnished with parsley, orange crème fraiche and pistachios.
      Amazing Sides for Thanksgiving
    • Roasted broccolini with parmesan cheese and hot honey.
      Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli with Honey and Parmesan (Broccolini)
    • Roasted butternut squash salad with maple vinaigrette.
      Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Pumpkin Seeds
    • Maple roasted butternut squash with sage leaves.
      Maple Roasted Butternut Squash
    • A plate of honey roasted carrots, garnished with parsley, orange crème fraiche and pistachios.
      Honey Roasted Carrots with Toasted Pistachios and Creme Fraiche
    • Watermelon feta salad with basil on a white platter.
      Watermelon Basil Salad (With Feta)

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    Cocktails

    • Dill pickle martini on a serving tray with pickle garnish.
      Dill Pickle Martini
    • A christmas cocktail in a coupe glass with cranberries and rosemary.
      How to Make Epic Christmas Cocktails: The Ornamentini
    • A gingerbread old fashioned with mixing glass in the back and cookies.
      Gingerbread Old Fashioned
    • A chocolate martini with gold jigger, purple napkin and shavings.
      Chocolate Martini
    • A maple old fashioned, garnished with a cocktail pick and a cherry.
      The 13 Best Cocktails to Cozy Up with This Fall
    • An apple sidecar cocktail with dehydrated orange and sugar/cinnamon rim.
      Apple Sidecar Cocktail Recipe
    • A Kir Royale cocktail with Prosecco cork and blackberries.
      Gorgeous Kir Royale Cocktail (So Easy!)
    • A corpse reviver cocktail in a skull glass and citrus on top.
      Corpse Reviver No. 2

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    Pasta

    • A pile of homemade pasta - cut pappardelle style.
      How to Make Homemade Pasta with Regular Flour
    • A bowl of pasta covered in creamy pesto sauce.
      Pasta with Creamy Pesto Sauce
    • Mushroom miso pasta with green onion.
      Miso Mushroom Pasta
    • A skillet filled with pasta al forno, baked pasta with sausage and mozzarella cheese.
      Easy Pasta al Forno
    • A bowl of pasta e piselli with parsley and a spoon.
      One-Pot Pasta e Piselli
    • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina with basil and a gold fork.
      Gnocchi alla Sorrentina
    • Gnocchi being hand rolled with flour on a board.
      Soft and Pillowy Homemade Gnocchi
    • Nduja pasta with basil and bocconcini cheese.
      3-Ingredient Creamy Nduja Pasta (Super Easy)

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    Baking

    • A full burnt Basque cheesecake on parchment paper.
      Perfect Burnt Basque Cheesecake (La Viña Style)
    • A creme brulee with the top broken and a spoon inside it.
      Seriously Good Crème Brûlée
    • Apple cider donut, pulled in half.
      Fresh, Easy, Apple Cider Donuts
    • Oreo chocolate chip cookies with a bite out of one of them.
      Simple Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies

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    Sauces & Condiments

    • Béarnaise sauce made with an immersion blender being drizzled over the steak.
      Easy Béarnaise Sauce Recipe for Steak
    • Warm gingerbread syrup being poured into a jar, on a trivet.
      Gingerbread Syrup: The Sweetest Way to Spice Up Your Holidays
    • A jar of boozy bourbon cherries on a cocktail pick.
      Homemade Bourbon Cherries
    • Small bowls of pesto with pine nuts on top.
      Easy Classic Pesto

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    Coffee

    • A piece of Biscoff cheesecake with several bites out of it, one of the bites on a fork.
      Creamy No-Bake Biscoff (Speculoos) Cheesecake
    • Gingerbread latte surrounded by spices.
      The Gingerbread Latte: Your Ultimate Winter Pick-Me-Up
    • A mug of maple latte with cinnamon whipped cream, garnished with a cinnamon stick.
      Maple Lattes with Real Maple Syrup (Hot or Iced)
    • Brown butter pumpkin blondies, stacked, beside a pan of them.
      Brown Butter Pumpkin Blondies with Cream Cheese Frosting

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    Sandwiches

    • A steak sandwich with melty cheese, medium rare steak and tomato.
      The Ultimate Steak Sandwich
    • Egg salad sandwich with lettuce.
      Classic Egg Salad Sandwich
    • A meatloaf sandwich, stacked.
      Leftover Meatloaf Sandwich
    • A french dip sandwich surrounded by rosemary and red wine.
      French Dip Sandwich Recipe (with Au Jus)

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    Soup

    • Asparagus soup with brie cheese crouton and dill.
      Asparagus Soup with Brie Croutons
    • A bowl of potato soup on a trivet, with a gold spoon. Topped with sour cream, bacon, and cheese.
      Easy Potato Soup Recipe
    • A bowl of beef barley soup with spoons and a napkin.
      Beef Barley Soup
    • Two bowls of broccoli and cauliflower soup on plates.
      Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup

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      French 75 Cocktail Recipe
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      The Perfect Steak Internal Temperature: A Guide
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      Reverse Sear Tomahawk Steak
    • A beautifully seared bone in ribeye steak in a cast iron skillet.
      Succulent Bone-In Ribeye Steak

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    • A variety of seafood on ice, including lobster, shrimp and octopus.
      Dive into Seafood for the Holidays - Without Breaking the Bank
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      How To Reverse Sear Steak

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