'The Perfect Holiday'
The Early Show and specialty home furnishings retailer Williams-Sonoma joined forces to help make your Christmas merrier.
They combined on a three-part series loaded with Yuletide suggestions to make your holiday -- perfect. The segments originated from the Williams-Sonoma store at Columbus Circle in New York City.
The segments were hosted by The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm. She was joined by culinary expert Tori Ritchie, a San Francisco-based food writer, cooking teacher and host of the long-running "Ultimate Kitchens" on the Food Network. Her latest cookbook is "Party Appetizers: Small Bites, Big Flavors" (Chronicle Books, Fall 2004).
On , you got great ideas for "Gifts From the Kitchen" -- items that are simple and creative to give as gifts from the heart.
The segment on featured "Gifts for the Chef," from the coolest new gadgets to "the ultimate gift" for the "real" chef.
On , Tori gave some personal favorite recipes for "Christmas Breakfast." They'll be traditional recipes for Christmas morning.
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The Early Show and Williams-Sonoma also teamed to help make your Thanksgiving perfect.
They served up a host of food preparation and presentation tips during the week of Nov. 15.
Here's a rundown of the topics that were covered. Just click on any of them to go right to that story.
Monday, Nov. 15: Getting prepared
Tuesday, Nov. 16: Tackling the turkey
Wednesday, Nov 17: All about side dishes
Thursday, Nov. 18: Desserts
Friday, Nov. 19: Presentation
Friday, Nov. 26: Leftovers
Experts from Williams-Sonoma dished out oodles and oodles of menus, recipes and other suggestions to help make this your most memorable Thanksgiving ever.
The partnership marks the first time The Early Show has collaborated with a leading national retailer for a weeklong series.
Details about the series were included in three consecutive Fall 2004 Williams-Sonoma catalog mailings. Williams-Sonoma circulates 55 million catalogs annually.
In addition, throughout November, more than 250 Williams-Sonoma locations featured front-door signage and postcards at the registers about "A Perfect Thanksgiving," and all store associates wore buttons promoting the series.
The segments were also hosted by co-anchor Storm. In five of them, she was joined by Ritchie.
In one segment, style author Peri Wolfman offered some wonderful ideas for your holiday dinner settings. Wolfman has been Williams-Sonoma's vice president of product development since 1999.