This figgy pudding has come a long way since its medieval origins. STIR-UP SUNDAY The last Sunday before Advent, 24 November, is Stir-Up Sunday. So forget the roast and push the papers to one side, for there is nothing to get you in the festive spirit as quickly as making…
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The Field’s Christmas gift guide for women
The Christmas shopping panic can cease. The Field’s Christmas gift guide for women is here to help with everything. If you’re buying for a sporting chap, take a look at The Field’s Christmas Gift Guide For The Sporting Man. BEATRIZ NAVY VELVET JACKET Laurie & Jules A favourite of HRH The…
The Field’s Christmas gift guide for the sporting man
The Christmas shopping panic can cease. Ditch the stress this festive season with our pick of sporting presents for the sporting man. The Field’s Christmas Gift Guide For The Sporting Man RUDHAM NEHRU GILET FARLOWS A versatile addition to any wardrobe, in the field or in town. ♦ Price £424…
Sherry recipes for Christmas
Three sherry recipes for Christmas It was when I first started working as a chef at Moro, a Spanish restaurant in London, that I became aware of how little I knew about sherry. Until then, probably like many people, I was only really familiar with the sweeter type given to…
How to use the Christmas leftovers
With the main event out of the way, the fun can start with your leftovers. There’s no need to let the festive fare go to waste or to start a production line of turkey sandwiches. Philippa Davis advises on how to use the Christmas leftovers and her favourite recipes. The…
The perfect Christmas box for hunt staff
The Christmas box is more than just a gift, which is why everyone should give as generously as they can this festive season – or risk going down in hunting history for all the wrong reasons
The history behind Christmas traditions
In the hall of the rambling Elizabethan farmhouse of my childhood was a wide, inglenook fireplace. Every Christmas Eve, the gardener drag-ged in an enormous Yule log, balancing it with much heaving and grunting across the fire dogs. This would be lit by the remaining piece of the previous year’s…
Christmas birds: from partridges to turtle doves
How did the turkey end up on our tables or a partridge in a pear tree? Birds play an interesting part in our festive traditions, writes Carla Passino
Christmas ham: cured for Christmas
If you have the family descending this Christmas, have a ham to hand. Gleaming and studded with cloves, a Christmas ham is excellent for the Christmas Eve supper, breakfast with eggs or even as a surreptitious late-night snack. Our festive favourite dates back to the Romans, as Hattie Ellis discovers.…
How to make your own Christmas crackers
Learn how to make Christmas crackers to ensure your Christmas goes with a bang.