Lessons learned this Christmas

Well the big Christmas feast with family is over for another year, and on the whole I think a good time was had by the five of us!

The event is always a 'learning opportunity' however, and this year was no exception.

I have jotted down the main areas for improvement,  and hope I remember remind myself in 2017.  They are in no particular order

• Don’t buy too much cheese
• Don’t attempt to make pastry in a food processor
• Do remember that Nigel Slater’s recipes always produce too much of something; this year lemon ice cream
• Don’t wrap up a present of biscuits for the dog and leave it among the other gifts
• Do have a modernist, bauble free, tree
• Make sure the food is almost ready before tucking into the fizz.  Some advise that the food should actually be ON THE TABLE, but this is a step too far for me.

Rendle gets stuck in