Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities (UK Ed.) ~ Hardback ~ Nigella Lawson

“Nigella Christmas” comprises reliable, practical, easy-to-follow recipes and reassuring advice about planning and cooking ahead, presented in a gorgeous glittering package which will make this the ultimate gift to yourself and for family and friends. Illustrated with over 150 fabulous full-colour photographs by Lis Parsons (photographer of the bestselling “Nigella Express”), including method photos and lavish double-page ‘spreads’, “Nigella Christmas” is in a new, larger and irresistible format.It includes everything from scrumptious Christmas cakes and puddings, to quick and easy homemade presents (biscuits, preserves and other standbys) and edible tree-decorations, recipes for feeding friends and family over the holiday season with minimum stress and maximum enjoyment (cook and freeze ahead or slow-cook in the oven), as well as Christmas party food and drinks. And, of course, exciting and inspiring variations for the Main Event itself – from traditional super-juicy turkey, festive ginger-baked ham, special trimmings and the Ultimate Christmas Pud, all the way to the special vegetarian Christmas feast, by way of goose or pork-and-cranberry options and a Prodigious Pavlova…Her cakes, as always, gladden the heart, and her ‘At-a-Glance Christmas Dinner Countdown’ helps take the stress and strain out of the Big Day itself. “Nigella Christmas” will surely be a perennial favourite, the book we will all reach for – for inspiration and reassurance – as soon as the Christmas lights start going up… Chapters include: The More the Merrier (Cocktails, Canapes and Manageable Mass Catering), Seasonal Support (Soups, Salad, Sauces and Serve-later Sides), Come On Over… (Stress-Free Suppers), The Main Event (this section is red edged so easy to find in the centre of the book), Joy to the World (Christmas Baking and Sweet Treats), All Wrapped Up (Edible Presents and Party Preserves), A Christmas Brunch for 6–8, A Bevy of Hot Drinks, Dr Lawson Prescribes (Let Food be your medicine) Recipes include: Poinsettia (A cocktail containing Proscecco, Cointreau/Grand Marnier or triple Sec and Cranberry juice) Chilli Cheese Crostini Eggnog Syllabub Pumpkin and Goat's Cheese Lasagne Prodigious Pavlova Boston Baked Beans Lamb and Date Tagine Spinach and Bacon Salad Festive Couscous Spruced-up Vanilla Cake with Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote Spiced and Superjuicy Roast Turkey with Allspice Gravy My Mother's Bread Sauce Panettone and Italian Sausage Stuffing Beetroot/Butternut Orzotto Turkey Pilaff Roast Rib of Beef with Port and Stilton and Gravy Rolled Stuffed Loin of Pork with Rubied Gravy Yule Log Panforte Pecan-Plus Pie Gold-Dust Cookies Pomegranate Vodka Christmas Chutney Triple Cheese and Onion Strata Espresso Martini Hot Honeyed Vodka Cuban Cure Black Bean Soup Review “* ‘She makes cooking seem like a real pleasure’ – Aileen Reed, Sunday Telegraph * ‘A true cook with a valuable message and a groundbreaking show…she brings to life the sensual aspect of cooking’ – The New York Times * How to Eat: ‘I love How to Eat: its prose, its intelligence and, above all, its workable, soul-warming recipes’ – Nigel Slater” Author Biography Nigella Lawson is the author of bestselling books, How to Eat, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, Nigella Bites, Forever Summer and Feast, which, together with her successful TV series – on BBC 2, Channel 4, as well as the American Food Network – have made hers a household name around the world. Her latest book, Nigella Express, was a no. 1 bestseller, selling over 1 million copies in 6 months. She is a contributor to the New York Times and lives in London with her family.