Alexandra does us right with this Carbonara recipe.  Easy Peasy.

Over at Manger: Roast Sausages with Fennel.

Alexandra’s Kitchen gives Fries with Lemon Salt and Rosemary.

Yes, please.

Pasta Alla Norma from Serious Eats.

Over at Food 52, dig Suzanne Goin’s Corned Beef and Cabbage with Parsley-Mustard Sauce by Genius Recipes as part of their Seven Ways to Make Cabbage Sexy post.

A soup…and this…

…would be fine by me.

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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.

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.

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.

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

Today gives rustic vegetable soup.

[Photo Credit: Joseph De Leo]