Here it is: our edit of presents to solve last-minute what-do-I-buy dilemmas – all available with a few mouse-clicks or a quick trip to the supermarket
This ‘partridge in a pear tree’ tin tray will look the part piled with mince pies for a party – or prop it up as décor to show off its lustre.
£10, emmabridge water.co.uk
Miranda York compiles more menus, star ingredients and essays echoing the seasons, with contributions from award-winning food writers such as Asma Khan and Gill Meller. Pavilion £22
Pillowy, Italian-made leavened cake in a Weck jar; we rate the salted caramel, candied fig and pecan. Others include chocolate & pear and boozy limoncello babà. £15.50 for 250g, delicario.com
Produced using waste foliage from banana plants in south Nepal, this scarf by Aura Que is refined yet robust and comes in teal, pink or mustard.
£22, notjustashop.arts.ac.uk
We love a sturdy mixing bowl, and ProCook’s stoneware number in cool grey tones is chic enough to use as a serving bowl, too. £12.99 for 26cm, procook.co.uk
Artist Frances Whitfield and food writer Olia Hercules’ 2023 calendar† includes regional Ukrainian recipes, such as fermented watermelons from Kherson. £16, franceswhitfield.co.uk
Fill a new M&S gift box (£6) with jars of its latest gourmet condiments, such as Quince & Pear fruit for cheese (£2.75 for 120g) or luscious Hazelnut Crème (£4 for 220g). Marks and Spencer
With flavour at the fore, delicious.
columnist Mark Dredge’s Beer: A Tasting Course covers lots of ground and helps readers use their palate to explore the world of pints. DK £19.99
Socks packed to look like cheese? Too cute. Find more great small gifts at Sous Chef, from Italian hazelnut chocolate spread in a tube to a sourdough starter bauble. £12, souschef.co.uk
Choose from three puzzles for this fiendishly tricky ‘escape room in an envelope’ brainteaser, paired with five quality cans from Brixton Brewery.
£28.50, puzzlepost.com
Next’s on-trend vase trio is a dose of sunshine and helps a small bunch of flowers or dried stems go further – minimal blooms, maximum impact.
£14, next.co.uk
Food writer Georgina Hayden teamed up with jewellers Little by Little to design these gold-plated olive stud earrings, which nod to her Greek Cypriot heritage.
£55, littlebylittlejewellery.com
Don’t run out of trivia this Christmas – Lagoon’s pub quiz has
