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This recipe was featured in the Fat Bastards Hairy Bikers ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas‘ which aired late last year. We have gradually warmed to these two over the years, so when they signed off saying ‘if you only cook one thing this Christmas, make sure it is this Panna Cotta’, we knew we had [...]

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Hi guys. Hot off the mustard* the new issue of Yumie Magazine is chock-a-block full of exciting colourful Christmas ideas to make your humble monochrome existence less shabby, bleak, and let’s be honest, pointless. Look on with slack-jawed envy as we honour you with a glimpse into the kaleidoscopic sumptuous magnificence that is a Christmas [...]

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As it’s Christmas, I thought you’d might like to see last years magnificent festive display put on by the bloke who lives opposite my sister. Turn up the volume …it’s all about the music and startled animals.

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Now we had no idea Interflora sold anything other than flora, so when they got in touch and asked if we’d like try one of their Christmas hampers we thought we owed it to you, dear reader, to say ‘Yes please’. Two days later we were sent the ‘Merry Christmas Tray‘ which we greedily hurried [...]

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If you would like to spread this message of Christmas joy, click on ‘Read more’ for our FREE Christmas card download. Just imagine how lovely this will look on your Grans’ mantlepiece

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It’s the 1st of December, so officially Christmas starts here. Happy Christmas to all our readers. R&D. xxx

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Well freeish. All you have to do is click here to download the pdf, then print, mount on card, trim, fold down the middle and buy a stamp. Get a grown-up to help if necessary and be careful – scissors and scalpels can be sharp and dangerous. Have a safe xmas, R & D. x [...]

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At Christmas I like a mince pie and a few years ago I found the perfect recipe in my Katie Stewart book. Last year I took the bold step of also making the mincemeat from scratch so this year I felt duty bound to do the same, only this time I held back and made [...]

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If you’re making a multitude of mince pies for a mulled wine gathering and you just happen to have a large Kelner jar sitting in the cupboard then the excuses for not making your own mincemeat can be but few. It’s super easy to make, you get to marshall what goes in, to avoid any [...]

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Every December Dresden holds its annual Stollen Festival. It is a celebration of all things Stollen and involves among other things, electing the Dresden Stollen Maiden (Dresdner Stollenmädchen) and baking the world’s largest Stollen in accordance with the standards laid down by the Stollenschutzverband. This is a recipe for a stollen of more modest proportions [...]

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