Food and recipes have always offered comfort to Diana Henry. As she brings out a book celebrating her life as a food writer, she reveals how festive cooking brings her the most joy of all

We’ve eaten and sipped our way through this year’s supermarket Christmas food and here are our favourites

We eat around 2pm, starting with foie gras and sweet Monbazillac wine – a throwback to when we lived in Paris. Then, we move to the Sri Lankan part: biryani, chocolate biscuit pudding, before Sri Lank

D inah was not a Christmas cook. Her ...

Our columnist fondly recalls her childhood Christmases – apart from the time the milk ran out!

Round our way, Christmas Day is a right dog’s dinner