We were going to have a tradition of cooking osso buco for Christmas. However, my wife is having second thoughts, as she became aware of the Scottish Highlander calf (see below) and now really wants to stay away from eating veal.

I don't mind spending a lot of time on this project, but there are some limits. 1) no roasted poultry. We actually roasted a duck for Thanksgiving, and while it came out quite nicely, the whole room smelled like duck fat afterwards. Goose is too large, and chicken seems a bit too mundane. 2) no prime rib and no Beef Wellington. I'd love to do a prime rib, and while my wife is perfectly fine with eating medium rare or medium well steak, she finds these two off-putting, especially the Beef Wellington.

Anything else that has a bit of a wow-factor?