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  • Christmas Menu 2025

    Christmas 2025 Menu

    Bykara December 23May 16 Holiday Menus

    For the past 8 years I’ve posted a Thanksgiving and a Christmas menu to social media. My partner has shared them with his family and co-workers as well. Here’s this year’s Christmas menu. It started out pretty simple with just steaks, fish, and a few sides. But then I started seeing some recipes online and…

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  • Quart jars of chicken stock, resting on a striped dishtowel

    Thanksgiving 2022 Menu

    Bykara November 8May 16 Holiday Menus

    I finalized our Thanksgiving menu for this year. It’s pretty much the same as every other year. Thanksgiving is the one holiday that no-one in the family wants to mess with. We’ve pretty much perfected it with our combination sous-vide/deep fried turkey and sides that everyone loves. And, of course, pies.

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  • Two side-by-side karacooks holiday menus: Thanksgiving 2024 on the left, with hand-lettered script title in burnt orange, watercolor autumn leaves cascading down the left edge in olive, burgundy, and amber, a single watercolor pumpkin in the bottom right corner, and a five-section menu listing appetizers, main course, side dishes, dessert, and drinks. Christmas Menu on the right, with hand-lettered red script title, watercolor holly branches and pine sprigs across the top with two hanging ornaments in red and sage, more holly at the bottom corners, and a five-section menu listing starters, main courses, side dishes, dessert, and drink.

    Holiday Menus: A Tradition of the Table

    Bykara January 1May 16 Holiday Menus

    For nearly a decade, I’ve designed and printed a menu for every Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner I’ve hosted. I didn’t plan to start a tradition. The first one was practical: I had a complicated meal coming together with multiple courses, multiple sides, and a couple of dishes I’d never made before. I wanted to write…

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