Our Christmas Menu
A feast fit for carnivores, vegetarians, the gluten-free set, and anyone who happens to enjoy excellent food (+ a game plan to keep things suuuuuper organized)
Greetings eaters and readers! As promised, below you will find everything we made for Christmas dinner last year (and plan to make again this year) along with recipes and a game plan to help with that sometimes elusive all-is-calm vibe. We are relatively new to the Christmas game — for decades, we were guests at a holiday feast prepared mostly by my mother-in-law Emily in Virginia. As of a few years ago, our family in New York has taken over, tweaking here and there, adding some of our own touches in order to accommodate the growing number of vegetarians and gluten-free diners at the table, but mostly we’ve stuck with Emily’s tried-and-true, reliably excellent menu. Here’s everything we plan to serve, from starters to mains to desserts…