Traditional English wassail: warmed dry cider and sherry, spiced with cinnamon and cloves, served with baked apples. The Twelfth Night original behind mulled cider.

How to make stollen, the German Christmas bread – a full recipe with marzipan, plus its history, make-ahead and freezing tips, and vegan and gluten-free swaps.

A vegetarian Christmas dinner is at its best when it stops apologising for the missing turkey and starts making the most of what meat-eaters never get: melting cheese, burnished pastry, a gravy thick with porcini. Below is a full menu built around two showstopping...

Make a chocolate yule log that does not crack: the no-crack rolling technique, full UK recipe, ganache or buttercream, gluten-free swap and make-ahead. Updated for 2026.

Christmas buffet ideas for an easy spread: finger food, platters, dips, hot bites and sweets, plus a how-much-per-person planner. Feed 10 or 20 without the fuss.

One reliable cut-out cookie dough, five festive variations, exact UK quantities and age-by-age jobs — the easiest Christmas cookies and biscuits to bake with children.

Easy Baileys cocktails for Christmas with exact UK measures: hot chocolate, espresso martini, mudslide, a make-ahead jug and an alcohol-free version. See the line-up.

A from-scratch gingerbread house recipe that actually builds, a measured template with dimensions, step-by-step assembly, troubleshooting, and an honest scratch-vs-kit comparison.

Fifteen festive Christmas cocktails with exact UK measures, method, glass and garnish: classics, sparkling, creamy, a batch punch for a crowd and proper mocktails.