The great Christmas 2016 taste test
Observer Food Monthly’s cast of Dickensian players feast on the high street’s cakes, cheese and chocolates. Which are the best buys? And did anyone ask for more?
The 50 best wines for Christmas 2016
Observer Food Monthly’s seasonal picks, from supermarket budget wines to high street bargains and top-end quality – plus suggested food matches
Taste test: Christmas sandwiches
Who better to sample sackfuls of festive-season sandwiches than our own Jay Rayner?
Five Christmas bakes from the inventor of the Cronut
Dominique Ansel, named the world’s top patissier, shares his yuletide recipes for snowflake beignets, chocolate tres leches cake and champagne morning rolls
OFM’s Christmas taste test 2015
High street turkeys, cheese, chocolates and cakes tasted and rated by top chefs for Observer Food Monthly
10 best sparkling wines and champagne for Christmas
From affordable Italian fizz to scintillating prestige cuvees, the corks to pop for a celebration
20 best red wines for Christmas
Supermarket bargains and bottles to splash out on: our pick of the holiday wines
20 best white wines for Christmas
From high street budget wines to the pick of the high-end bottles, our pick of the whites for the holiday season
Christmas dessert recipes
Break with tradition and try Jeremy Lee’s rum-infused meringue cake, orange and lemon trifle and apple and mincemeat pie
Six Christmas feast recipes
Make the season stress-free with these easy, inventive Nordic recipes – from cured chicken to sardines in brine – ideal for long family lunches
Christmas whole roasted fish recipe
Whole roasted hake, grilled veg and pickles with a kick evoke the spirit of snowy winters in Ukraine and Georgia
Christmas roast duck recipe
A satisfying alternative to turkey, complete with apple and prune stuffing, butter caramel potatoes and braised red cabbage
Turkey, beef or scrawny goose? I’m already in a panic about Christmas dinner
It was all a lot simpler when we put up with the Christmas turkey, whether anyone liked it or not
The Christmas turkey: is it ever worth the bother?
Rachel Cooke: No matter how you cook it – and I have one recipe that needs 32 items in the stuffing alone – a Christmas turkey will never be more than just fine
20 best white wines for Christmas
David Williams: From supermarket bargains to high-end treats, the Observer wine critic picks his festive highlights