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What better way to infuse your holiday season with joy than to bring Joy the Baker to the table?
Top food blogger, cookbook author and podcast host Joy Wilson, of JoyTheBaker, Joy the Baker Cookbook (Hyperion, 2012), and the Homefries podcast, shares her quirky twist on entertaining, decorating and cooking in her guide, A Joyous Season: Celebrate the Holidays with Joy the Baker, available exclusively here through the Almond Board of California. You’ll love its recipes and tips – and it also makes a perfect hostess gift or stocking stuffer along with a bag of roasted almonds.
"While a lot of my recipes have been dedicated to sweet treats, I see the holidays as an opportunity to play in the kitchen, and expand my love of butter to other parts of the menu,” Wilson says. "This holiday season in particular, I'm bringing new friends together around the dinner table to create new holiday traditions that feel both classic and fresh." |
 | According to Wilson, holiday gatherings should be interactive for both guests and hosts, and she recommends setting the mood not only with festive décor, but also with games and music, such as classic holiday tunes mixed in sparingly with her favorite playlist. But mostly, treat your guests as you would want to be treated, she says, with good company and great food.
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Download Your Guide to Celebrating the Holidays, Joy the Baker’s Way
From her comforting side dish of Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Sliced Almonds and Pomegranates, to the pièce de résistance, Honey Almond Butter Chocolate Tart, guests will be impressed and mouths will water.
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Simply click on the cover image above to access your free guide, featuring beautiful color photography and tips for preparing your gathering, setting the party mood, and creating a fragrant decoration and parting gift for your guests. You can also check out Joy’s infectious personality and festive holiday party in these videos she created especially for Almond Board of California.
About Joy Wilson
Joy Wilson is the voice behind the popular blog JoytheBaker. In four short years, Joy the Baker has been named one of the “50 Best Food Blogs” by The London Times, and the “Best Baking Blog” by Saveur. Joy has also been featured in both Food & Wine and Sunset.
Joy the Baker chronicles everything from how to impress boys with brownies to how to make a pancake dinner just for one. Her food, writing, and photography are approachable, light-hearted, and will have you laughing out loud, and reaching for your fork. Joy’s first cookbook, the Joy the Baker Cookbook, is an unabashed celebration of butter and sugar
Joy is also co-founder of Homefries.com, a growing site dedicated to lifestyle audio and video podcasts, including the popular Joy the Baker Podcast. |
 | Joy lives in Venice, CA with her monstrous cat Jules, an admirable collection of nail polish, and a refrigerator full of butter.
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