So you’re hosting a festive shindig in December and there are vegetarians in the crowd – or maybe the vego is you? You want to put on a good centrepiece but you’re not feeling the nut loaf vibes. What to do? Festive catering for vegetarians is far easier in the northern hemisphere, where you can …
I LOVE a cutesy appetizer, especially when it’s time to deck out an extravagant holiday grazing table. Since I already consider deviled eggs to be among my top 5 favorite party bites, I figured it was time to give this crowd-pleasing appetizer an upgrade. With the addition of pesto, grated Parmesan, and crushed red pepper …
Plain and simple: I love a charcuterie board, and I’ll take any excuse to make one, from holidays to weeknight girl dinners. The meats, the cheeses, the spreads, and all the other sweet and savory bites make for such a fun eating experience. My absolute favorite part about them is that they’re completely customizable, letting …
As a self-proclaimed America’s sweetheart (Julia Roberts isn’t using that title any more, is she?) who moved to the UK nearly 10 years ago, there are a few British traditions and customs that I have adopted, especially around Christmas time. However, there are also a few American ones that I hold on to staunchly: one …
These festive cookies are inspired by The Nutcracker’s Land of Sweets sequence, in which coffee and sugar plums are two of the flavours used to conjure a fanciful world of decadent diversion. Anything from a hard candy to a candied fruit can qualify as a “sugar plum” and, in the case of these cookies, the …
Year after year, our creamy Tuscan chicken is at the top of the list of our most-beloved recipes, alongside other all-stars like our Marry Me chicken. The sauce is simple but flavorful and creamy—there’s a reason why we’ve added it to countless recipes, and why I turn to this chicken again and again. The best …
When you hear “Christmas tree churros,” you might think—are you fir real? Well, yes, yes I am. Frying churros into these festive little trees will be sure to lift your (holiday) spirits. To make these Christmas tree churros, I used our classic churro recipe, which is basically foolproof—if you’ve never made churros before, this is …
If you’re asking what on earth chocolate has to do with a city with an average annual temperature of 28C, then you must have been stuck in the desert for the past three years. Because, since its creation in the UAE in 2022, apparently to satisfy chocolatier Sarah Hamouda’s pregnancy cravings for pistachio and pastry, …
The thing I love most about these chewy, crisp, star-shaped, cinnamon-and-almond Christmas biscuits from Germany is that they date back to the 1500s. Which, much like spotting Mars in the night sky or visiting the pyramids of Egypt, makes me feel hugely insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but simultaneously awe-inspired by the power …
Despite being known for shaking a cocktail on Instagram now and again, very little will induce me to last-minute cocktailery if I am entertaining a serious number of guests. However, a good drinks recipe that you can prep in advance is a lovely thing to dazzle your friends with and to gift over Christmas. With …