Sometimes fictional dishes from famous books become real symbols of holidays. Who can forget the bountiful dishes that the Spirit of today's Saints showed Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? The humble but hilarious March family Christmas get-togethers in Little Women? Or Van Tassel's autumnal feast in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Now these literary dishes can come true on your table. From Christmas to Halloween to New Year's Day, this cookbook offers 17 four-course holiday meals: a starter, a main course, a side dish and a dessert. All this is based on 25 classical works of world literature. Also, the author offers to prepare delicious gifts to please loved ones