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Taste tests
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Taste tested: The best supermarket Christmas food 2024
Discover the best supermarket Christmas food for 2024, tested by the delicious. team, including snacks, puddings, picky bits and showstoppers.
Round-ups
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12 inventive mincemeat recipes (that aren’t mince pies)
Mincemeat fans: branch out from mince pies this year with these 12 imaginative mincemeat recipes, ideal for using up an spare jar.
Round-ups
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7 colourful red cabbage recipes for Christmas and beyond
Explore new red cabbage recipes and discover how to cook it to its best advantage, including traditional red cabbage for Christmas Day.
Menus
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The best traditional Christmas dinner menu
This is our definitive traditional Christmas dinner menu, with every element made the best, from the turkey to the sprouts and gravy.
Guides
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Your step-by-step Christmas dinner time plan
Follow our step-by-step Christmas dinner time plan and you’ll be as chilled as a snowman while cooking the most important meal of the year.
Discoveries
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A guide to Northern Ireland’s best cheeses
We’ve picked four of the best cheeses from Northern Ireland to make your cheeseboard sing – at Christmas or any time of the year.
Gift guides
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Five of the finest foodie Christmas gifts from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is home to some fabulous small producers; browse five of our favourite food and drink gift ideas from them.
Cookbooks
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The 25 best cookbooks of 2024
We reveal the 25 best cookbooks of 2024, including top books for home cooking, storytelling, exploring, learning and niche subjects.
Gift guides
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The best unusual Christmas gifts for food lovers 2024
Give the gift of the unexpected this Christmas with our guide to the best unusual presents for food lovers, from quirky socks to gin.
Gift guides
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The best Christmas gifts for foodies 2024
Discover gifts for the foodies in your life with our edit of the best gourmet presents, from coffee and cheese to hosting and cooking kit.
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The best luxury Christmas gifts for food lovers 2024
Our best luxury gifts for food lovers include everything from smart homeware and kitchen gadgets to caviar and treats infused with truffle.
Round-ups
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Crodough and sourdough babka: London’s best modern Jewish bakeries
Adrienne Katz Kennedy explores the history of London’s Jewish bakeries and shares six you should visit today for brilliant pastries.
Features
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Why North Cornwall is a great place to visit in the winter
Discover what to do in Cornwall in the winter, from spas to suppers in the scenic areas of Padstow, Rock and Port Isaac.
Gift guides
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The best budget food gifts for Christmas 2024
On a budget this Christmas? No problem! We have inspiration for food gifts under £20 including stocking fillers, homeware and gourmet treats.
Interviews
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“It’s chaos, but great fun!”: Christmas with Marcus Wareing
Super-chef Marcus reveals what goes on in the Wareing household at Christmas (involving lots of people, dogs and dishwasher discipline).
Travel
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12 of the best Christmas markets to visit in the UK and Europe
Shopping for festive crafts while sipping mulled wine and snacking on hearty grub in the frosty air… there's no better way to kick off the festive season. Norman Miller has found the best places in the UK to visit a Christmas market, plus a few further afield...
Sustainability
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12 delicious ways to have a greener Christmas
Have a greener, more eco-friendly Christmas with Emily Gussin's savvy ideas and recipes for a more sustainable festive season.
Reviews
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Compare the best UK air fryers, tested & reviewed by the delicious. team
Compare the best UK air fryers, with insights from food lovers on which deliver grill marks on steak or the most bronzed sausages.
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“I’ve always been a performer and people-pleaser”: Matty Matheson on soup, motorcycles and The Bear
Matty Matheson shares his greatest sandwich of all time, the slightly scary hobby he loves and why he's a "disgruntled beverage drinker"...
Skills
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Five magical Christmas cake decoration ideas by Lily Vanilli
Lily Vanilli shares five fab Christmas cake decoration ideas, including piped trees, buttercream wreaths, caramel drizzle and coconut snow.
Drinks
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Discover the perfect festive gift for wine lovers at Penfolds
Discover the best wines to buy for Christmas gifts or festive dinner parties, from Penfold's special collection.
Sustainability
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Righteous rice! How to buy and cook sustainable grains
Food writer and academic Anna Sulan Masing explains why we need to be paying attention to the rice we buy, and recommends good brands.
Cookbooks
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The best Christmas cookbooks of all time
Food writer Mark Diacono weighs up the best Christmas cookbooks – with opinions from the delicious. team and friends, too.
Travel
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Where to eat in Shropshire
Food and travel writer Neil Davey delves into where to eat in Shropshire – a star under-the-radar destination for food lovers.
Leftovers
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6 tips for cooking (not just carving) your pumpkin this Halloween
Emily Gussin shares tips from her her new cookbook, Don’t Waste Your Pumpkin, from making purée and stock to using up pumpkin seeds.
Hotel reviews
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The Suffolk, Aldeburgh: visited & reviewed
Find out what makes The Suffolk such a blissful, unpretentious retreat – and why a stay (or just a meal) there will have you fully relaxed.
Drinks
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The 6 best dessert wines to buy right now (& puds to pair them with)
Drinks expert Susy Atkins shares her pick of the best dessert wines to buy right now. Plus, the perfect puds and desserts to try them with.
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“I’m definitely a bit of an attention seeker”: Potato queen Poppy O’Toole opens up
Poppy O'Toole talks chips versus roasties, the kitchen gadgets she can't live without and standing up to social media trolls.
Drinks
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The rise of Brit-hop: the best beers made with British hops
Discover the new breed of flavoursome British hop varieties and best beers to try them in, from a Yorkshire ale to an alcohol-free lager.
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