"Merry

Christmas from Georgia, Recipes for the Season" by Michelle Stone

is the perfect cookbook for the busy chef on your list.

The recipes

contained in this compact volume, the third in a series by Stone, are

easy to prepare and utilize ingredients that are staples in every kitchen.

Directions

for whipping up "Office Party Vegetable Pizza" and "Seafood

Delight Spread" can be found in the appetizer section of the book.

Stone offers

a comprehensive selection of beverages in the following chapter, with

recipes for holiday punch bowls and cozy hot chocolates.

Breads, breakfast

and brunch recipes, plus soups, salads and entrees, round out the book

which concludes with a tempting array of dessert and candy receipts, perfect

for serving or giving as gifts.

Stone is a

Southern cookbook writer from Kentucky. Her two previous books are collections

of holiday recipes from Kentucky and the South, aptly titled, "Merry

Christmas from Kentucky" and "Merry Christmas from the South."

Her latest

title, "Merry Christmas from Georgia," is published by McClanahan

Publishing House, Kuttawa, Kentucky. It is available locally at Barnes

and Noble.