Best of food and drink this week | canada.com

?A round-up of some of our favourite recipes and food-related features this week including recipes for a Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake, five different holiday cookies and Cranberry Prosecco Punch.

Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake

Photograph by Matthew Mead, AP

Alison Ladman suggests pairing a slice of this Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake with ?a mug of hot cocoa, coffee or (to be totally indulgent) a frothy glass of eggnog.?

Gift of homemade food full of heart

Spice blends: Italian Salamoia bolognese; gomasio; cinnamon sugar; Montreal steak spice (photograph by Dave Sidaway, The Gazette).

Susan Semenak of the Montreal Gazette shares some homemade food gift ideas including spice blends, luxury granola and an old-school lemon pie kit.

12 Days of Holiday Cookies

Photographs by Matthew Mead, AP

We kicked off our 12 Days of Holiday Cookies series this week with recipes for Cherry Allspice Hermits, Chocolate Pepper Sable, Triple-Ginger Cranberry Bars, Cardamom Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, and Cinnamon-Honey Oat Drop Cookies.

Ingredient of the week: cranberries

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We?ve put together a collection of seasonally-inspired recipes featuring cranberries including a Cranberry-Pear Crisp, a Turkey and Cranberry Pie with Sweet Potato Crust, and a Cranberry Ginger Fizz Cocktail.

Seasonal Sips: Cranberry Prosecco Punch

Supplied photo by David Strongman, Earls Restaurants

Continuing with this week?s cranberry theme, this fresh and bubbly cocktail recipe was developed by Cameron Bogue, beverage director for Earls Restaurants.

Holiday Drinks: Sparklers and ?stickies?

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Wine expert Michael Godel recommends seven sparkling and dessert wines (or ?stickies? in Australian slang) to look for this holiday season.

And to finish, some tasty inspiration from the blog world:

- Alimation by Alexandre DUBOSC
- Persimmon Squash Salad from The Forest Feast
- Brussels Sprout, Sweet Potato, & Chorizo Hash, & Chestnut Potato Soup from Katie at the Kitchen Door
- Apple and Quince Gingerbread from Apt. 2 Baking Co.
- Hazelnut Hot Chocolate with Minted Whipped Cream from Turntable Kitchen

Source: http://o.canada.com/2012/11/30/best-of-food-and-drink-this-week-28/

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