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Bread Sauce Recipe: The Proper, Lump-Free Method
How to make proper homemade bread sauce for Christmas dinner: the infused method, exact UK quantities, make-ahead and freeze tips, a dairy-free version and the rescue for too thick or too thin.
How to Cook the Perfect Turkey Crown: Times & Temperatures
How long to cook a turkey crown per kg, the right oven temperature and the safe internal temperature. Foolproof times, table and tips. Updated for 2026.
The Ultimate Vegan Christmas Dinner Menu & Recipes
A complete vegan Christmas dinner menu with nut roast and vegan gravy recipes, the goose-fat trap, a one-oven timing plan, and how to cook for a mixed table.
Easy Christmas Starters to Impress Your Guests
12 easy Christmas starter ideas — make-ahead, no-cook and vegetarian options, plus a classic prawn cocktail recipe and host timing.
How to Cook & Glaze a Christmas Ham (Foolproof Method)
How to cook a gammon joint into a glazed Christmas ham: simmer-then-roast timings per kg, a honey-mustard glaze, plus make-ahead and slow-cooker methods.
Perfect Pigs in Blankets: Recipe, Tips & Make-Ahead
The foolproof pigs in blankets recipe, with make-ahead, freezing and air-fryer methods, glazes and a scaling guide.
Tunis Cake: Where to Buy One, and the Real Story Behind the Name
A Tunis cake is a plain Madeira sponge under a thick slab of chocolate, finished with marzipan. It is the light alternative to a rich fruit Christmas cake, and for a generation of British households it was the one in the red McVitie's box. If you are here to buy one:...
Oggs vegan mince pies review
My review of Oggs vegan mince pies – In short my family and I loved them and highly recommend them.
Handmade Artisan Chocolate – support local and ethical
Blog update: I reviewed the delicious chocolate from Choc Affair some time ago and I am glad to say they are still going from strength to strength. As we are seemingly coming out of lockdown it is even more important to support small suppliers who are sure to...
First look at the new Nigella Lawson cookery book: At My Table
In the current edition of Good Housekeeping Magazine, Nigella says she "likes to see a cake that has been made by somebody and is not even. That is what cooking is. Things can't look like they have come from a factory." I have always liked this about Nigella,...