Fresh Christmas Edition

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Feasts with farmers’ market ingredients

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Feasts with farmers’ market ingredients

Alison Lambert creates a Christmas menu around the farmers’ market and her garden.

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Smoked and fresh salmon terrine

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Smoked and fresh salmon terrine

A salmon terrine must be the epitome of luxury and is absolutely perfect to serve on Christmas Day.

Sweet treat

Sweet treat

Angela Redfern from Auckland’s popular Ripe Deli shares this addictive white chocolate fudge recipe from her head baker Jo Singer. Ideal for gifting to friends and family.

Recipes that gather friends and family

At the risk of sounding like a ’70s hippy - love, family, friends and home are at the centre of everything.

Original ways to use preserves

New Zealander Kylee Newton might live in England but she has kept a few nods to her Kiwi past in her Christmas celebrations.

Summer grazing made simple

Summer grazing made simple

Leading up to summer we all get busy and spending a small amount of time getting pre-prepared with some staples will make things a lot easier and more enjoyable.

A Christmas to remember

Christmas this year is well deserved for us all. It has been a trying year with so much uncertainty and worry.

Fruit-topped perfect finish to any meal

Fruit-topped perfect finish to any meal

This special upside down pudding/cake is a celebration of summer and actually improves if made a day or so before eating.

Tasty gifts

Tasty gifts

Sometimes the best Christmas presents are those made yourself.

Panettone

Panettone is a yeast-leavened cake from Italy traditionally served around Christmas. Recipe from Festive by Julia Stix.

No need to sacrifice Xmas tradition to go gluten-free

No need to sacrifice Xmas tradition to go gluten-free

Gluten-free food writer Becky Excell will never forget her first gluten-free Christmas... mainly because she felt miserable and missed out on eating almost everything worth eating!

Sweet! Strawberries and summer

The end of the year is coming up so fast - with the soil warming up and so much growth happening at the moment, it feels like summer is just around the corner.

‘Let them eat cake’

Merlot combines the depth of flavour to tackle Christmas ham or poultry, yet won't overpower these dishes - and also goes well with fruitcake.

From the editor

While I write this the drizzle is a thick curtain and fog has surrounded the hills. Just the weather for a glass of Mark Henderson’s merlot with a piece of Christmas cake.

Cooking with fire

The summer holidays are approaching and this year I’m getting back to basics with the whanau. The tent will be up and we will be cooking outdoors, writes Alison Lambert.

Festive treats

With Christmas just around the corner, now is a wonderful time to make a few new recipes to share with family and friends or to have up your sleeve for an edible gift, writes Steph Peirce.

Feeding her passion with cakes

Bernadette Gee’s cakes are works of art.

Camp fare combos

Camp fare combos

This year will go down in history as a year without precedent - an annus horribilus for many. Mark Henderson recommends some wines to enjoy at the campsite this Christmas.