Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities - Softcover

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 New York Times Just as you'd expect this is the perfect practical survival guide to the festive season, Nigella-style Marie Claire As usual, Nigella presents countless mouthwatering ideas written in her warm, witty style Daily Mail

"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 250 fabulous full-colour photographs by Lis Parsons (photographer of the bestselling "Nigella Express"), including method photos and lavish 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...