A collection of holiday recipes from fifteen different countries including a variety of dishes such as Thai egg rolls, Passover layer cake, paella, and Danish rice pudding.

A collection of holiday recipes from fifteen different countries including a variety of dishes such as Thai Egg Rolls, Passover Layer Cake, Paella, and Danish Rice Pudding.

There is nothing as cozy or relaxing as a day spent baking in the festive season. Freshly-baked cookies are very much a part of the advent period - filling your home with the sweet scent of warm, sweet dough that is sure to raise a smile before a single bite is taken out of them! Joy to the World lets you take a peek into the biscuit tin and sweetens the lead-up to Christmas with 24 favorite recipes including the famous sacherwürfel from Austria, Christmas cantucci from Italy, or millionaire's shortbread from Scotland. The recipes in are simple, fun and festive and is sure to impress all your family and friends during this special time of year.

A selection of 30 recipes, many from foreign lands, but all associated with Christmas.

Tamales, falafel, moussaka, Peking duck...hungry yet? These culinary treasures are traditional dishes in various countries, though they have gained popularity in other regions as well. Readers will be ravenous to find out more about these delicacies and ones less familiar. They’ll discover through appetizing, accessible text and mouth-watering photographs that their sense of taste is a great way to ingest cultural concepts.

This beautifully illustrated book explores the traditional treats that children across the globe leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve—includes recipes! A World of Cookies for Santa takes readers on a journey to discover holiday traditions and beloved Christmas cookies from cultures around the world. Head to the Philippines, where children leave out puto seko cookies and ginger tea for Santa; jet to Russia for a honey-spice cookie; then set out for Malawi for a sweet potato cookie! And the journey continues in your own home kitchen, as author M. E. Furman provides recipes for children to bake some of Santa’s cookies for themselves. Winner of the American Book Fest Best Book Award and the Moonbeam Book Award!

Do they celebrate Christmas in Thailand, or New Year's Eve in Iceland? What is Passover like in Israel? It's time to celebrate the holidays with people around the world. Readers are sure to be fascinated by the diverse ways people gather for and celebrate the holidays. Important vocabulary and cultural concepts are stressed in accessible text that's enjoyable for even the most reluctant readers. Striking, full-color photographs on each spread bring the diversity of our world's cultures into splendidly detailed focus.