Celebrate with Some Noodles!

Just a quick hello from the Holiday Kitchen and HandmadeTV. Hope your holiday has been as great as ours has been so far. Now we're all looking ahead to 2008, and that New Year's Eve party! What are you serving this year? Well, we have a great idea for you-try our recipe for New Year's Noodles. It is a Chinese tradition to eat them at midnight on New Year's, ensuring a long, happy life. This dish is so easy to create and so delicious, you'll find it becomes a fast favorite and will make an appearance on the dinner table many times over the new year.


Sesame Noodles

2 Posts in 1 Day!

Almost forgot to share a little Christmas gift with everyone...
Foodies, meet The Holiday Kitchen Widget! It contains all of our video recipes in one beautiful little package. Perfect to put on your site or to share with others. Visit our website, holidaykitchen.tv to pick from three different skins-Classic, Hellmann's, or KitchenAid (see Hellmann's below). Have fun!

A Little More About Us...

Hello!! Here's an update on how we're doing and where we're going...

You can now find our videos on all of the fabulous websites located on the right side of the blog. The list is growing every day, as we find more social networking and food-related video sharing sites. And, check out the press we're getting (also located on the right side of the blog)!

We were recently featured on a live video cast which can be seen by clicking Here
*fast forward to 16:23 to "the picks of the Interlitter" section.

We were also featured in StamfordPlus and NorwalkPlus Magazines.
Pick up an issue on newsstands now to read the article!



We're now working not only with KitchenAid, but with Hellmann's Mayonnaise and Bertolli Olive Oil, which we're SUPER excited about!
I'm going to leave you all with a few of our favorite appetizer recipes. They're classic-easy, delicious, and are sure to please all of your houseguests...even the littlest ones! Plus, they can all be made a day ahead of time to further help you beat the stress this weekend. Sit back, enjoy a glass of eggnog, and relax.
Happy Holidays!!
(and more to come in '08...)


Stuffed Mushrooms



Artichoke Dip



Deviled Eggs



Classic Eggnog

Cookies and Baking and Pies, oh my!

It just wouldn't be the holidays without sweet treats tempting us from every corner. We came up with some pretty amazing recipes for cookies this year, including a white chocolate chip cranberry oatmeal cookie that was to DIE for! Everyone on set, from the director to the production crew, couldn't get enough of them.
The below video gives you a basic sugar cookie recipe which is a must-have for the season (and yields cookies that are anything BUT basic). The best part is in the decorating though-as much fun for us adults as it is for the kids! Check out http://www.nycake.com for fun decorating ideas. Enjoy!
*and don't forget to trek over to our website at www.holidaykitchen.tv for that oatmeal cookie recipe-once you try them, you will never be the same again!

Our Interpretation of the Cornucopia

Mmmmm, delicious. We shot the cornucopia after an entire day of shooting several classic Thanksgiving staples-cranberry sauce, garlic mashed potatoes...an entire turkey. We really think it came out beautiful, especially since it was the first time some of us had ever attempted making a formal dinner. Below is the video recipe on how to cook the bird so that it comes out perfect every time.

Foodies, meet The Holiday Kitchen

So this is where the introductions are made. We are a small production company, hailing from Stamford, CT, with a passion for food. The Holiday Kitchen was born out of necessity-you can't work in a technologically advanced world with the same old, boring ideas. We love to shoot food, so we figured we should set out to offer the most innovative product we could think of...and here it is. High definition video, styled and lit to look like it just came off the pages of a magazine, without a host. That's right, no host-food, and food alone, is the focus here (give or take some gratuitous shots of brandname tools and appliances-we needed to get funding from somewhere!). We think you'll love our approach to food-simplistic and complex all at the same time. If you're a seasoned foodie, you'll love how the recipes look on screen and be able to appreciate the classics. If you're a novice, our recipes will be a great help to you-being able to watch food being prepared, step by step, is so much easier than trying to decipher a written recipe on your own! Our launch has centered around the 67 holiday segments included in the Holiday Kitchen, some of which will be posted here. Next spring, we will be shooting close to 1,000 more recipes that will be centered around several diverse areas of cooking. Check out our website-www.holidaykitchen.tv and let us know what you think. Since we are new to the blogosphere and trying to learn the internet as fast as possible, we would love suggestions and help wherever it may be offered. We want to get the word out about our videos. We've already posted them to countless websites online and are looking for more on a daily basis.
We are a little company with big, foodie dreams.