Greece is the word

Alternative main courses for your Christmas spread

To truly understand Irish food you need to cook with what’s around you in the hedgerows, gardens, fields and ocean. Irish cooking is rooted in simplicity, shaped by the land and sea, and passed down t

Winter suppers with family and friends are made even more special with Clodagh McKenna’s delicious, easy and feel-good recipes

Make hearty dishes for hungry Twixmas guests with Alison Roman’s smart storecupboard recipes

Ingredients Plain flourSalt and black pepper4 generous slices of beef shinat least 1in thick, on the boneTwo or three good glugsof olive oil1 large onion, diced2 sticks of celery, diced2 carrots, dice

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