Gourmet Holiday Dinner Delivery
Order a Thanksgiving Dinner Online to have Food Delivered
Nov 6, 2008
Ordering a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner online can save time, effort and sanity. Instead of eating out for the holidays, gourmet meals delivered directly to the front door offer families the ability to have a "home-cooked" feast without the hassle. Leaving the cooking to culinary professionals allows hosts and hostesses to serve their guests a delicious meal while giving them freedom to spend time with family members and friends.
There are quite a few specialty food distributors that offer Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday meals for advanced purchase during the months of November and December. Most meals are shipped pre-cooked and may require an oven for reheating, so 30-45 minutes should still be planned to ensure that food reaches the proper internal temperature. Turkeys that are shipped frozen will require several days to thaw.
Dean & Deluca Complete Thanksgiving Feast
New York City based Dean & Deluca offers two sizes of Thanksgiving dinner as well as a host of side dishes and desserts that can also be purchased separately. The Small Feast ($280) serves six to eight diners and includes a heritage turkey, porcini stuffing and gravy, brussels sprouts augratin, bourbon sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and cream cheese biscuits. The Large Feast ($520) serves ten to twelve.
For dessert, a six-layer vanilla spiced cake lathered in praline butter cream and sculpted to resemble a pumpkin will grace the dining room table for $120. A variety of more traditional holiday pies, filled with pumpkin, apple or sweet potatoes, cost $65.
HoneyBaked Ham Turkey and Ham Dinners
HoneyBaked Ham has retail stores throughout the U.S but will ship to any of 50 states and Canada. The Harvester ($116.95), enough to serve 10 to 12, is perfect for diners looking for a traditional turkey dinner and includes a pre-roasted whole turkey, herb stuffing, cranberry relish, turkey gravy, Swiss cheese wheel, wafers and a derby-pie. For those looking for authentic HoneyBaked Ham dinner, the Family Classic ($107.95) includes a honey-baked ham, potatoes au gratin, green bean casserole and chocolate fudge cake to feed 8 to 10.
Louisiana Style Turducken from CajunGrocer
The newest poultry phenomenon to hit the country, turducken is a semi-boneless turkey stuffed with a boneless duck stuffed with a deboned chicken. Turducken with Cornbread Stuffing ($64.95) will feed 15 people, and can be served alongside other Cajun style side dishes offered by Cajun Grocer such as Corn Casserole ($19.95), Sweet Potato Casserole ($9.95) and Crawfish Dressing ($29.95).
Tips for Buying a Holiday Dinner Online
While purchasing a pre-cooked holiday meal online is much simpler than slaving away in the kitchen, a few guidelines still need to be followed:
- orders must be placed no later than 48 in advance and advanced purchase is recommended
- food must still be reheated to 165 degrees F (74 degrees C)
- meals delivered will require refrigeration until reheating, so ample space must be available
Shopping around from multiple gourmet food delivery sites will also enable the host or hostess to select only the dishes he or she wishes to serve. Even though many specialty grocers offer complete meals, most also offer side dishes and entrees a la carte.
Purchasing a pre-cooked gourmet holiday meal online can be simple, quick and easy. Whether ham, turkey or turducken, specialty food distributors are offering families a wide array of options that can be ordered online and shipped to the doorstep across the U.S and Canada.
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