On New Year's Day the whole year is before you to make of it what you will.  (from Chapter 1) 

{HISTORY}

Following in the footsteps of her highly praised 1965 Twelve Days of Christmas Cookbook, Suzanne Huntley extended her holiday revelerie to cover the entire year in her next book, The Year-Round Holiday Cookbook.

Published in 1969, this cookbook begins in January with New Year's Day and runs all the way through the Christmas season in December. Included in her recipe collection this time around, are all the traditional favorite food feast days... St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, but also some unique holidays that don't always get a lot of food-themed attention. Here cooks and readers will find recipes for Washington's Birthday, Fat Tuesday, May Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and many recipes in-between that celebrate family birthdays, weddings, engagements, and other assorted mini milestones. 

To keep the kitchen lively all year through, Suzanne includes here recipes for B+B Punch which raises a glass of bourbon and brandy to George Washington on his birthday. She whips up a batch of buttermilk corn cakes with homemade honey jelly on Fat Tuesday and slow cooks a boned filet of pork served with minted applesauce for St. Patrick's Day.

In the summer months, she prepares garnishes made out of garden blossoms, monograms cookies for the about-to-be marrieds, and bakes potato chips seasoned with the tastiest of homegrown kitchen herbs. Weddings call for cakes, curry dinners for 50, and Rosy-Future Punch to toast the bride and groom. Labor Day offers recipes that can be made in bulk or days ahead of time, so that the actual point of the holiday - to rest and relax- can be observed with food prepared quickly or beforehand. 

Tucked in with all these holidays are bits of history and cultural customs from around the country. They also include tips and techniques that Suzanne has picked up along the way in regards to entertaining and cooking, as well as a somewhat unusual accompaniment  - suggestions of foods not to serve together because of similarities in taste, flavor parings, or appearance. 

With the exception of a few canned ingredient or frozen vegetables here and there, all recipes include whole foods and from-scratch preparation with unique ingredient twists that can only come from the mind of a creative cook confident in the culinary understanding of what makes food not only good, but also dynamic, in the way of flavorful food pairings and thoughtful presentation. Suzanne's take on blending traditional holiday foods in unique ways makes this cookbook especially fun for home cooks that are weary of serving the same old hot dogs and hamburgers on the 4th of July or the often repeated baked ham on Easter.

Interesting recipes include Spiced Round of Beef, Orange Shortbread, Bourboned Sweet Potatoes, Pina Caliente, Chicken-Banana Soup, Minted Cheese Stuffing for Dates, Green Beans with Cashews, Rosy Future Punch, Curried Turkey, Almond and Raisin Salad, Chilled Green Rice and Peas with Mango Chutney, Lollipop Cookies, Hungarian Pancakes, Indian Pudding, Sausage Cakes and Apple Rings, and Chicken Orange Puff. 

In addition to the festive recipes, celebrated American graphic designer Milton Glaser (1929-2020) adds his whimsical line drawings to each chapter as well as the dust jacket. 

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

• 1969 Book Club Edition
• 214 pages including detailed index
• Illustrated throughout by Milton Glaser
• The Harvest Days section celebrates indigenous cooking and foods gathered from the land at peak harvest time and includes recipes for wild game and wild greens 

{CONDITION}

In beautiful vintage condition, this cookbook looks practically brand-new. It contains no cooking spots, stains, or notations. The dust jacket is also free of spots and stains and contains just one small chip on the top edge of the spine section. Decorated purple endpapers with yellow polka dots adds an extra dose of festivity. the spine is tight and all pages are intact. 

{SIZE}

Measures 8.5" inches (length) x 5.75" inches (width) x .75" inches (thickness) and weighs 13 oz.