My favourite country pub walk

Writers and editors from the Guardian and Observer recommend brilliant walks in the countryside – with the vital ingredient of a welcoming pub along the way

Nordic Christmas baking recipes

Everyone in Trine Hahnemann's family has their favourite Christmas cookie recipe – pepper, vanilla, almond… So in the end she bakes them all

Sam Harris’s Italian Christmas recipes

Simple classics from Sam Harris, chef patron of Zucca, with a salad of roasted pumpkin, prosciutto and chestnuts, pheasant with red wine, and panettone with pears