The Christmas Dinner Flambé

The Christmas Dinner FlambéBuilding a lusty yule log fire and taking your winter evening's ease with a hot punch are among the more gemütlich gambits of the holiday season. But nothing warms the culinary cockies of an epicurean's heart as much as the festively flavorsome pyrotechnics of setting good food ablaze. Mastery of the blue flames that burn below and above a chafing dish was once thought to be the exclusive craft of dining-room captains and incorrigible show-offs. Actually, Continental c...