Comfort and Joy: Famous Chefs Share Christmas Recipes

Dec. 10, 2010— -- Nothing radiates the Christmas spirit as warmly as holiday food favorites. Whether it's baking sugar cookies with grandma in her cozy kitchen, or gathering the family around the dinner table for a Christmas kielbasa, everyone has their own twist on holiday recipes, including famous chefs.

But it's not just the memories made from making these decadent holiday treats and meals; it's the giving and sharing food that we treasure.

From their kitchens to yours, "Nightline" has collected favorite holiday traditions -- food and otherwise -- from our Platelist-featured chefs: Nigella Lawson, Andrew Carmellini, Gavin Kayson and Joey Campanaro.

British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson said she revisited the Christmas traditions she grew up with to write her holiday cookbook, "Nigella Christmas," including her family's most tense holiday moments.

"I come from a very big family," she said. "My mother would cry every Christmas Eve, because she'd taken on too much and everything was on top of her, and it was very high-stress. And I suppose I know how stressful it can be, so I want to try to make a less stressful holiday season."