What’s not to love about a holiday with the slogan ‘eat, drink and be merry’? We’re encouraging you to do all three in abundance this Christmas with our fabulously festive issue. Impress your guests with gourmet-style dishes or rustle up some comforting classics that are guaranteed to please with our mouth-watering collection of festive recipes (p12). From wonderful wellingtons (p24) to show-stopping edible wreaths (p28), there are plenty of mains to choose from to prove to friends and family that sticking to a traditional turkey is so last decade! Christmas is a time for giving, but for many of us the last thing we need is more stuff – particularly gift sets filled with plastic that we’ll never use (sorry grandma!).
That’s why in this issue we’ve selected a range of experiences to gift your loved ones that you can enjoy together in our alternative gift guide (p30).