Our food team have been busy taste-testing festive food and drink from the supermarkets and online to find the best buys to add to your shopping list this year

If your cheese biscuits have gone soft, pop them into a hot oven for a few minutes to refresh and crisp them up again. They will firm up as they cool. Sprouts are an integral part of Christmas, but ma

‘The new party rules’

Make life a little sweeter with sensory gifts SUGAR RUSH Jammy blackberry and woody oak make for an enveloping gourmand scent in Miss Dior Essence (£130 for 50ml, dior.com). MILK IT Hotel Chocolat’s l

This inspired menu takes comforting rustic flavours and transforms them into celebratory festive dishes to savour and share

Christmas is the time of year we collectively lose all sense of proportion. A turkey big enough to feed a rugby squad? Of course. Four different stuffings? Essential. A cheeseboard so large it could g