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Celebrate the Season! Bay Area Bites Christmas Holiday Feast

Celebrate the Season! Bay Area Bites Christmas Holiday Feast

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We love nothing more than putting together a festive holiday menu and this year's is tops! Kick off your feast with an autumn root vegetable salad with goat cheese crostini or a souffle-like butternut sformato with crunchy winter salad. The main attraction will make your guests swoon: a magnificent roast rack of lamb is accompanied by cheesy cauliflower gratin and individual spinach souffles. Top off your feast with the gooey sweetness of sticky toffee pudding.

Holiday Dinner Starter: Autumn Root Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese Crostini
Use winter’s bounty of root vegetables to make this vibrant salad worthy of a cozy holiday dinner party.

Autumn Root Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese Crostini
Autumn Root Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese Crostini (Wendy Goodfriend)

Holiday Dinner Side Dish: Butternut Sformato with Crunchy Winter Endive and Shaved Fennel Salad
Part soufflé, part baked pudding, this sweet and savory dish makes an elegant starter or an excellent side dish.

Butternut Sformato with Crunchy Winter Endive and Shaved Fennel Salad
Butternut Sformato with Crunchy Winter Endive and Shaved Fennel Salad (Wendy Goodfriend)

Holiday Dinner Main Dish: Roast Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Herb Butter
Nothing says feast like a gorgeous rack of lamb, and this elegant recipe couldn’t be easier.

Roast Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Herb Butter
Roast Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Herb Butter (Wendy Goodfriend)

Holiday Dinner Side Dish: Creamy Cauliflower and Gruyere Gratin
Rich and creamy, what holiday meal is complete without the cheesy goodness of a vegetable gratin? Try this one with cauliflower and add bacon if you like!

Creamy Cauliflower and Gruyere Gratin
Creamy Cauliflower and Gruyere Gratin (Wendy Goodfriend)

Holiday Dinner Side Dish: Rich Spinach and Gruyere Soufflé
These light and fluffy yet rich and cheesy spinach soufflés are downright delicious! If you can whip an egg white, you have absolutely no reason to be intimidated by a soufflé. It’s truly easier that you might think, and boy is it impressive.

Rich Spinach and Gruyere Soufflé
Rich Spinach and Gruyere Soufflé (Wendy Goodfriend)

Holiday Dinner Dessert: Sticky Toffee Pudding
Darkly sweet baked puddings, rich with sticky dates and doused in a buttery caramel toffee sauce are a perfect way to end your holiday meal.

Sticky Toffee Pudding
Sticky Toffee Pudding (Wendy Goodfriend)

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