The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larrson
No, this novel isn’t a sweet, heartwarming Christmas tale; but you can compile and eat a sweet holiday meal out of this bestseller!
Appetizers
There are not a whole lot of appetizers to work with on first glance; but I think it could be a neat idea to use the sandwhiches that are mentioned throughout the novel as hors d’oeuvres. Bite sized creations based on crostini instead of sliced bread. What do you think? I think this would work especially well for a rye crostini topped with a thin slice of hardboiled egg, cheese and a small spoonful of caviar. Decadent!
Sandwiches
Cheese sandwiches with pickles
Cheese, caviar and egg on rye
Roast beef or turkey or avocado on bagels
Pickled herring in mustard sauce and egg sandwich
Cheese, liver sausage and pickles on rye
Liver pate and cucumber sandwich
First Course
Venison Stew
Main Dishes
Christmas ham
Roast hare
Lamb cutlets
Moose steak
Lamb chops sautéed in red wine
Sides
Potatoes
Currant jelly
Potatoes in cream sauce
Beets
Fried Sausages
Apples
Desserts
Fruitcake
Christmas cake
Pastries
Sponge cake
Coffee cake
Drinks
Caffe latte
Red wine
Aquavit
Reimersholms brandy
Coffee
Aberlour scotch
Cognac
the gluttonous bookworm 
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