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Cooking takes on a special joy during the Christmas season. Open houses, intimate dinners, casual gatherings and cookie exchanges all call for the finest holiday foods.

Discover the pleasures of simple Italian food with the collection of recipes in the Country Italian Cookbook. From homemade old-world classics to hearty family favorites, hardcover cookbook presents more than 250 easy-to-make recipes, most accompanied by full-color photos of the completed dish. The Country Italian Cookbook includes these recipe sections: Appetizers and Salads. Includes Marinated Antipasto, Rosemary-Roasted Vegetable Crostini, Mediterranean...

A collection of recipes using Jell-o gelatin and pudding and pie filling mixes.