Never mind tomorrow’s lunch, the best celebrations start here. Rowley Leigh’s chef friends Fergus and Margot Henderson, Alastair Little, Thomasina Miers and Jeremy Lee bring their good food and good cheer to his party
Small miracles of engineering, yes – but do any of the myriad home coffee makers out there actually deliver extraordinary results? Tim Hayward investigates
Overall service levels in most restaurants – certainly in the UK and the US – have never been higher. A good waiter at Hawksmoor can earn £30,000 a year
Top 100 festive wines - part one: fine fizzes
Light and brisk or solid and savoury? Choose your Christmas bubbly with the first of our four-part series. Plus, win a magnum of Grand Cru champagne