Mulled Red Wine and Madeira

Seville oranges add pleasant bitterness to this warming punch. Use navel oranges for a slightly sweeter version. Choose inexpensive light-bodied Spanish wine, such as Torres Sangre de Toro, to balance the strong taste of Madeira. 

Chickpea and Squash Curry

Oyster Omelette

Oyster omelettes beat out all other dishes when foreigners living in Taipei were polled about their favourite night-market food. Chinese fine chili sauce is the orange ketchup–looking hot pepper sauce common in Cantonese restaurants. In Taiwan, oysters are quite small, about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length. It's preferable to use small oysters for the omelette and, of course, fresh are best, but many seafood specialty stores and Chinese, Korean and Japanese markets sell frozen shelled oysters that are really very good.

Quick and Easy Garlic Flatbread

Grilled Cheddar and Apple Sandwich

Apples, maple and raisin bread add a hint of sweetnesss to a grilled cheese.

Bittersweet Amaretti Bark

Chunky amaretti cookies give this bark great texture and crunch.

Grilled Figs Wrapped in Prosciutto

This inspired appetizer comes from our newest cookbook, Canadian Living Cooks. Serve it on its own or add it to an antipasto platter.

Roast Turkey with Chestnut Corn Bread Stuffing

Turkey with a classic American cornbread stuffing with chestnuts is a favourite Christmas meal of our contributing food editor, Andrew Chase.

Turkey Breast Stuffed with Fennel and Red Pepper

Bulb fennel isn't a new vegetable, but its popularity is fairly recent in Canada. You can slice it, crunchy and fresh, into a salad or cook it to enhance the mild licorice flavour as we have done for the stuffing in this no-carve turkey breast.

Chinese-Style Turkey Meatball Soup

This is a great way to use the tasty Homemade Turkey Stock (and it doesn't require any leftover meat). Kids will love the meatballs. Napa cabbage adds a touch of sweetness.