Zingy carrot salad with raw grated carrots, chilli, ginger and soured cream.

Traditional panettone, sweet Italian Christmas bread, made with natural starter.

Pomegranate molasses made using fresh fruit.

Whole red mullet grilled with coriander butter.

Borodinsky bread, Russian rye sourdough with coriander and molasses.

Challah – rich with eggs, glazed with egg wash plaited festive bread.

Posh restaurant-style muffins with blueberries and tender, moist crumb.

Feta cheese, roasted grapes and crunchy walnuts is a perfect combination of juicy, sweet, crunchy and salty.

Vegetarian Thai noodles flavored with cinnamon, star anise, ketjap manis and ginger.

Classic plain English scones, light and fluffy, perfect for a cream tea.

Garlicky runner beans in butter and Parmesan.

Sourdough light rye bread with yoghurt.

Peach jam with a hint of vanilla, easy to make and very flavorsome.

Homemade clotted cream, thickened cream made by long and slow heating double/heavy cream in a shallow dish.

Jumbo pasta shells, conchiglioni, stuffed with ground beef and baked with mozzarella and parmesan.

German apple Kuchen with roasted apples and breadcrumb and nut topping.

Takeaway-style sesame noodles with spring onions and beans, served with chopped peanuts and cucumbers.

Seeded and wholemeal, these dinner rolls are still fluffy and airy, perfect with a bowl of soup.