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Welcome to December
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Best of the BBC
Update • This month’s food news, trends, Marcus Wareing’s festive starter, and best buys for a glam New Year’s Eve
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Anna s food picks • This month’s shopping inspiration from food & reviews writer Anna Lawson
I m loving Pili nuts
3 of the best party nibbles
Marcus's sensational salmon • A flavour-packed starter to impress your guests from MasterChef’s Marcus Wareing
TV editor’s picks • What’s cooking on the BBC this month
Make Good Food s best ever CHRISTMAS SANDWICH • A hotly contested topic every year, we’ve settled it once and for all. According to the Good Food team, this is the formula for the ultimate Christmas sandwich*
*How we decided
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now • What’s hot in the world of food and drink
Most wanted • Food & reviews writer Anna Lawson picks beautiful buys for a glamorous New Year’s Eve
we were eating in 1989 • What’s changed – and what hasn’t – since our very first Christmas issue 30 years ago
What we’re drinking • Our favourite new drinks on the market
good food wine club
Cocktail hour • Tis the season for creamy drinks, so we’ve given this classic tipple a festive makeover
for cooks • This month’s top new releases
SHARE OUR celebration CENTREPIECES • The Good Food team and some of Britain s top cooks share their favourite celebration recipes so you can enjoy them with family and friends. Whether you’re entertaining for Christmas or New Year, we’ve got the perfect roast for you
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How to get perfect crackling
STEP-BY-STEP Stuffing a pork
gf easy • 32 simple recipes for the holidays
easiest ever midweek meals • Donna Hay shares simple wholesome meals to bring some Australian sunshine to your table this winter
get-ahead breakfast • Food editor Anna Glover solves your midweek cooking dilemmas with new simple recipe ideas
share your recipe • My Good Food member Emma Foster loves making waffles. She switched her usual plain ones for these when she had chocolate and oranges to use up and now it’s a favourite
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turkey pho • Reduce food waste by using your leftover turkey carcass to make stock for the freezer – it’s great in our Asian-inspired noodle soup, and the fresh flavours are sure to blow away any post-Christmas blues
cauliflower • Rosie Birkett makes the most of the cauliflower season with a Middle Eastern-inspired main and cheesy bake
3 more ways with cauliflower
grow it, cook it! • BBC Good Food’s Miriam Nice has teamed up with Emma Crawforth of Gardeners’ World to help you grow, cook and eat the best of the season
what to do in the garden
get out and about!
NEW YEAR'S EVE • Welcome in 2020 with a family-friendly feast, including easy canapés and a warming one-pot to keep everyone happy
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family matters • Family editor Rachel Beckwith suggests ways to host a stress-free holiday party that everyone will love
news • Health editor Sarah Lienard shares healthier canapés, plus advice on alcohol and better sleep from Drinkaware
3 veggie bowls • Give your leftover Christmas veg a healthy twist with these bowls of goodness
party platters • Make our...