Happy December, everyone. Hope you are all geared up for the festivities that the holiday season brings. Among our fall releases are some excellent resources to help you indulge-and of course they could also make excellent gifts.

Throwing your own party this season? Ryan Jennings and David Steele have all sorts of suggestions to help you plan the perfect evening in their new book, Entertaining with Booze. They even have a full party plan for New Year's Eve that is foolproof!

And why should the party end? If you are looking for the perfect appetizer to wow fellow partygoers, Shari Darling has an entire book full of them and even tells you how to match the appetizers with the perfect wine in Orgasmic Appetizers and Matching Wines. The recipes in this book are truly moan-worthy!

Trying to find the perfect, decadent dessert to top off an otherwise perfect dinner-party menu? Why not go with a classic crème brûlée? It's really not as intimidating as you think, and you are sure to make an impression-especially with the help of Dominique and Cindy Duby with their new book, Crème Brûlée.

That terrible sweet tooth does seem to get a bit out of control around the holidays. If you still aren't satisfied, what better way than with a rich, gooey brownie or brownie-inspired dessert from Lisa Slater's The Brownie Lover's Bible.