Over at the Lemon Fire Brigade check out this festiveness: candied tangerine in dark chocolate with poppy seed rugelach.

French Apple Tart from the excellent blog Alexandra Cooks.

From the Lemon Fire Brigade comes this beet, fennel and orange salad.

Barbara Kafka’s simplest roast chicken.

Food 52’s got seven winter cocktails.

Continuing yesterday’s theme, Serious Eats offers a guide to 20 tasty Chinese restaurants (with a movie theater nearby).

[Photo Via: The Girl Who Ate Everything]

How Jews spend Christmas at Food 52.

Working my way through April Bloomfield’s cookbook, last night I made her carrot, avocado and orange salad. Another sure shot though next time I think I’d add a half a teaspoon of champagne vinegar at the end to give the citrus a little extra bite.

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Nicole Franzen gives us an apple cake. Yes, please.

Parmesan Soup from Manger.

The Sprouted Kitchen gives salted caramel ice cream.

Yes, please.

Food 52 serves up 6 wintry fennel recipes. Have at it.

Sarah Bernhardt cakes chez Manger.

David Lebovitz’s quick trip to NYC.

It wasn’t freezing yesterday but it was grey and rainy and I wanted to make soup so I tried this one, a green pea and ham soup, from April Bloomfield’s book, and man was it ever good. I mean, really good.

Food 52 gives gives us 12 holiday cookies.

Stocking Stuffer: Bomba Calabrese. So worth it.

Serious Eats with a cool holiday gift idea.

Lemon Tart? Sure, why not? Head on over to Food 52 for the recipe.

Today gives rustic vegetable soup.

[Photo Credit: Joseph De Leo]