December

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By Mark Hix

Published 2008

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Small, tender GAME BIRDS, BRUSSELS SPROUTS and their leafy tops, PARSNIPS, knobbly JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES and native NUTS for the festive season...

Other Ingredients not to be Missed

  • Mutton
  • Goose
  • Turkey
  • Pheasant
  • Herring
  • Salsify
  • Swede
  • Watercress
  • Chanterelles
  • Wood blewits
  • Sea purslane
  • Alexanders
  • Sea beet
  • Three cornered garlic
  • Quince
  • Forced rhubarb

December arrives and, if you haven’t already had that pre-Christmas organisational rush of blood to the head, it’s time to starts panicking. The festive period is only weeks away, so it’s time to decide where to go, what to cook and what presents to buy... unless, of course, like me you prefer to leave everything to the last minute.