CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
CHRISTMAS WISHLIST
Last year, Christmas getting cancelled taught us that family really is the most important thing at this time of year… Pah! Christmas is about presents, pyjamas, pigs in blankets, Die Hard, preposterous sandwiches made of leftovers and migraine-inducing volumes of fizz. In that spirit, here’s our pick of the best presents that money can buy...
…the podcast lover
The third generation of Apple’s wireless earbuds now come with spatial audio (a kind of surround sound), a battery that lasts longer and charges faster, and a new, improved skin sensor that pauses your audio when you take them out of your ears. Spatial audio takes these earphones to a level above and beyond other earphones out there, squeezing impressive cinematic sound out of teeny, tiny speakers.
APPLE AIRPODS £169, APPLE.COM
…those who can’t be bothered to clean their oven
If the Instant Pot (an electric pressure cooker, slow cooker hybrid) was last year’s must-have kitchen gadget, this year it’s all about air fryers, which blast food with ultra-hot air to make it taste as though it’s been deep-fried. You can thank TikTok for their popularity, where home cooks use them to make viral recipes like pasta chips, giant cookies and full English breakfasts.
Our pick would be this dual zone cooker that can dehydrate foods to make snacks like jerky, and has a ‘Match Cook’ mode, which makes sure that the food in both compartments is hot and ready at the same time.
NINJA FOODI DUAL ZONE AIR FRYER AF300UK £179.97, NINJACOOKING.CO.UK