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Chablis 2020

Favourable conditions meant the pressure was off for grateful producers, with an abundance of good to excellent wines. The many Chablis admirers of the world should make hay while the sun shines…

CHRISTMAS TURKEY 10 perfect pairings

The beauty of our favourite festive fowl is that it pairs well with a wide variety of wines. So do you opt for your usual choice this year, or try something different? Here’s some advice from our pairing expert, plus 10 great wine matches

A vintage celebration

Bordeaux and Burgundy are so often the instinctive first choice for the festive season main event. But which are the prime vintages (and appellations) you should be pulling from the rack this year to maximise your enjoyment on the big day?

Have your CAKE 'N' BAKES

Whip up these winter sweet treats from Bake Off champion Edd Kimber, including gluten-free and vegan bakes

Christmas Cookies

Great as a gift or just a treat, these cookies have pieces of candy cane for that extra-festive flourish

The perfect start

Whether you want a sit-down starter or just a few nibbles to hand around with drinks, these are sure to hit the mark

Party!

Go on, spoil the kids with their own party-or make some of these help-yourself dishes for any festive get-together over Christmas and New Year

Impressive mäin courses

From the classic roast turkey to a magnificent rib of beef, we have lots of choices for your festive mains this year, including vegetarian options

NICE'N CHEESY does it!

Cheesemonger Jay Hickson selects his favourite cheeses from across Europe to help you create the perfect show-off board

Pile on the POTATO!

BBC favourites The Hairy Bikers have two good old-fashioned hearty recipes on offer from their new cookbook

Quick & Delicious

Try these speedy dishes from Nadiya Hussain's new cookbook – they're just what your family will love to eat on busy weekends

Christmas sticky toffee pudding

Toffee sauce is spooned into the bottom of a basin and the sponge is full of juicy fruit in this steamed pudding that's halfway between a classic Christmas pud and sticky toffee one. It's a great way to mix up tradition.

Cocktail Fave What A Star

This sophisticated dessert, spiked with coffee liqueur and with a silky dark chocolate layer, is easy to make ahead and makes a stunning Christmas centrepiece

Tonight's special

Need a break from rich Christmas food? This fresh, zingy salad is just the ticket, plus there’s no cooking involved

DRINKS CABINET Classic cocktails

Say 'cheers' to the holidays with four special recipes from our drinks expert Miriam Nice

WINTER'S FINEST

Fruit and veg can steal the show at a Yuletide gathering, whether in a savoury squash tart or pavlova piled high with apples. Along with these recipes from Esther Clark, learn to grow chard with Emma Crawforth of BBC Gardeners’ World

PURE COMFORT:Healthy lasagne

This lighter version of a family classic has bags of flavour, but comes in at under 500 calories as well as packing in four of your five-a-day

Braised beef

Make this delicately spiced stew ahead of time for last-minute gatherings with friends

MAKE AND STORE:CHRISTMAS PUDDING

For a glorious pud to round offthe Christmas Day meal, ours is laden with orange and figs, plus cocoa for a hint of chocolate. If you prefer no booze, simply replace it with the same amount of orange juice

CELEBRATING DIWALI

Learn all about the festival of lights and mark the occasion with a comforting rice pudding recipe from food

NEXT LEVEL Lobster thermidor

SERVES 2 as a main, 4 as a starter PREP 1 hr COOK 30 mins MORE EFFORT

TWO TWISTS: MINCE PIES

Try a different spin on the season’s favourite bake with two new ideas from the Good Food team

ROAST WITH THE MOST: Peppered lemon & thyme turkey with golden crackling

This year, we made it our mission to develop a turkey recipe that gives a perfectly cooked bird with golden, crisp skin, and we think we’ve cracked it. The secret ingredient is baking powder. It might sound strange, but one of the things we learned during lockdown is that baking powder makes poultry skin and pork crackling crisper. We’ve chosen to cook using oil, because while butter adds flavour, it also contains water, which can lead to soggy skin. .

Your receipes HANNUKAH FAVOURITE :Potato latkes

Good Food reader Francine Kowalsky shares a treasured family recipe

Our Ultimate Red Velvet Cake

Creamy, tangy cheesecake-inspired buttercream is sandwiched with chocolatey sponge layers for a modern classic that’s given a makeover here with festive sprinkles and shimmering truffles

A taste of Paris

Evoke the aromas and flavours of a classic French patisserie with these mouth-watering recipes by Anne-Katrin Weber

Mags Janjo

Importer, educator and consultant

The man who sold the New World

Oz Clarke’s arrival on the UK’s wine writing and TV presenting scene in the mid-1980s coincided perfectly with New World wines exploding into the awareness of the British consumer – something he could well take quite a bit of the credit for. He explains why the wines of the New World made such an impact, on him and us

Peter Gago

For the self-deprecating orchestrator of the world’s most famous range of Australian reds, Penfolds, entry into the Decanter Hall of Fame underlines his status as one of the New World’s foremost winemakers

Crush it

A handful of tequileros are revisiting traditional production methods in an effort to create more characterful spirits. Meet the volcanic stone wheel making all the difference