December means good times are coming (hope,hope, hoping nothing scuppers plans last-minute),
and I bring you tidings of joy with this twinkle-filled issue. In between all that cooking, pour a snifter of sloe , sit and enjoy festive musings by novelist Sebastian flick on a few pages to Diana Henry’s triumph of an interview with Nigel Slater. How heartening it was to discover two things: Diana gets nervous about cooking (or, rather, baking) for Nigel; and he gets panicky when people tell him they love cooking his recipes (worried in case they don’t work… bless him).
I’m glad I’m not the only worrier. When I’m at someone’s house and they tell me they’re cooking a delicious. recipe, I feel glad but responsible, especially if I spot recipe-tweaking going on. Cue nail-chewing and another glass of wine. So far results have been good – apart from the time a relative made cream cheese icing using watery farm-shop cheese instead of the recommended brand. Let’s just say the icing was never going to stay on that cake…
But back to this glorious December issue, filled from first page to last with recipes you can trust, for a celebration full of warmth and wonder. And perhaps consider Elainea Emmott’s wisdom on p14: remember kindness and invite someone to join you who’d otherwise be on their own. Wishing you joy around your table and a happy Christmas from all

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• Essential AppleUser Magazine – Issue 32 – December 2021
• Computeractive – 01 December 2021