Nigel Slater: welcome to OFM’s December issue

Christmas has grown on me. The month of buy canada goose best canada goose jacket for women coat uk December is now the time of year I look forward to most, and nothing more than the few days running up to The Feast. The reflection of Christmas lights in the windows, the rustle of wrapping paper and most of all, canada goose coat 1000 the scent of a tray of mince pies baking in the oven are things I have waited for all year long. (You can follow my buy canada goose jacket cheap excitement unfolding day by buy canada goose jacket online cheap day in our extract from The Kitchen Diaries II.)

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Then there is the new year to think about. A lot of people are now treating New Year’s Eve as the buy canada goose parka cheap time to produce something wonderful in the kitchen (it’s a good start), so we have assembled feasts from everywhere from China to Scandinavia to intrigue and inspire.

And that’s not all. We have Viv Groskop’s Christmas nightmare (might ring a bell or two), the highlights from Jay Rayner’s year at table, Stanley Tucci’s Life on a Plate and, joy of joys, lunch with best canada goose jacket for men Clare Balding. And that just leaves space for me, and everyone here at OFM, to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a new year filled with delights, both culinary and otherwise. Cheers to you all.