Christmas Food & Drink 

More from this Series

• Old-fashioned terrine — a Tim Hayward recipe

  The perfect potluck dish for ambitious cooks

  
• Kale and Brussels sprout Caesar with cranberries and panettone croutons — a Ravinder Bhogal recipe

  A sharing salad with a festive twist

  
• Poached trout with cucumber scales — a Jackson Boxer recipe

  Forget salmon. A whole trout is sustainable, tasty and the perfect party showstopper

  
• Never roast your own chestnuts — and nine other Christmas recipes to avoid

  Ten chefs on the festive foods they regret handmaking, and where to buy them instead

  
• How Christmas pudding became an unlikely icon of free trade

  The strange history of how Dickens’ pudding became a tool of imperial propaganda

  
• Fridge cocktails: three recipes for uncomplicated entertaining

  These strong, short drinks will keep for at least a month — although they may not last that long

  
• The UK’s 19 cosiest winter restaurants — according to FT writers

  The regional restaurants, pubs and drinking dens we can’t wait to return to during the holidays

  
• Jancis Robinson answers your festive wine questions

  Don’t use champagne in buck’s fizz and never put wine in paper cups – 15 Christmas quandaries sorted

  
• The FT Magazine Holiday Gift Guide 2023

  Glow-in-the-dark socks, anthropomorphic olive oil, bath crayons for kids (or not) and, at last, an air freshener you’ll actually want in your car. There’s something for everyone here