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Editors' picks
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There's more to Heston Blumenthal's Christmas than mixing up the molecules, discovers Elizabeth Day -
He's a food-lover, but no cook, a vegetarian who loves a Christmas roast. Ricky Gervais puts his life on a plate for Vincent Graff
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Alex Renton reports from Tanzania, where the struggle to earn money for grain is driving the Masai to desperate measures
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Which family gets a Santa to visit their table? We ring Pied a Terre, The Wolseley and Orso
We try to arrange for Father Christmas to pay a visit to the dining tables of the Beckhams and Guy Ritchie
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Foodie boy
Being in a band isn't half a much fun as having four kids to spend Christmas with, says Alex James
Recipes & features p5
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Cocktail Girl
Lush new furnishings, roaring log fires ... it was all going so well - until we found the bar, says Polly Vernon
Recipes & features p7
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Christmas for two
Succulent duck, mincemeat ice cream - Nigel Slater prepares the perfect festive dinner à deux
Recipes & features p8
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Can't do Christmas on the cheap? Oh yes you can!
Allegra McEvedy author of the brilliant Leon cookbook, one of our favourites this year, serves up a feast for £60
Recipes & features p14
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The Christmas cheese test
Patricia Michelson, owner of specialist cheese shop La Fromagerie, tests the best supermarket cheeses
Recipes & features p25
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Close to the veg
Ross Dobson creates a selection of delicious vegetarian dishes to share for the Christmas party season
Recipes & features p28
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My favourite table
Actress Amara Karan at Cannizaro House
Recipes & features p36
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Christmas past and present
Sixteenth-century sausages and powdered goose. Well, what else did you expect?
Recipes & features p45
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Chefs and their lovely bones
Giorgio Locatelli and Michel Roux Jr create brilliant stylish dishes with leftovers
Recipes & features p55
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What's in your basket?
Marco Pierre White's favourite supper is a ham sandwich, but he should lay off the Nutella, says Dr John Briffa
Recipes & features p66
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May the spirit be with you
The monks of Ampleforth Abbey are making cider brandy - and not just for medicinal purposes, finds Jay Rayner
Recipes & features p69
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Nougat, nuts and lobster tails
Divinely soft nougat, proper ginger beer, spicy beer snacks ... Yum yum, says Caroline Boucher
Recipes & features p73
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Jan Moir: How to survive Christmas
