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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Santosh Shah’s Ayla

With its profound biodiversity, one-of-a-kind ingredients, and time-honoured cooking processes, Nepal’s food culture is truly unique, though surprisingly little has been published on it. Helping this vibrant cuisine get the...

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The Whole Vegetable: Cabbage

Author Sophie Gordon shares 3 easy vegan recipes for winter cabbage, along with tips for using up any leftovers.

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Rachel Allen’s soup for the soul: Brussel Sprout Soup with Candied Bacon and Roasted Hazelnuts

Rachel Allen shares a soup recipe for your favourite Christmas vegetable.

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It’s a match: Rob Buckhaven’s guide to choosing your Christmas Day booze

Whether your Christmas Day feast is based around meat, fish or vegetables, find the best wine, spirits and beer to accompany your meal.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in December with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, guides us through what to plant and harvest in December, and what to cook with leeks.

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7 soothing audiobooks to listen to while you cook this Christmas

Entertaining, soothing, and full of charm, a food-themed audiobook is a perfect antidote to kitchen chaos this Christmas.

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Vegan and vegetarian Christmas side recipes

From the roast potatoes to the gravy, our collection of vegan and vegetarian Christmas sides has every base covered.

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6 cheesecakes for the festive season

The humble cheesecake is up there with the best of them when it comes to desserts for the festive season. Here are 5 of our favourites to try.

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Our favourite festive cocktail recipes

With a little more time on your hands to play mixologist and plenty of booze knocking around to help you get creative, Christmas is the ideal time to try your hand at making a cocktail or two. From gently spiced to suitably sparkling, these recipes promise a touch of sophisticated festive charm.

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An ode to B’s roast chicken

Food writer and brand-new The Happy Foodie contributor Marie Mitchell finds a remedy for grief in her late mother’s wondrous roast chicken recipe.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in November with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, guides us through what to plant and harvest in November, and what to cook with kale.

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6 roast chicken recipes to revamp your roast

This collection of whole roast chicken recipes from our star authors ranges from classic flavour combinations to ingenious new creations to revamp your repertoire.

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