I haven’t ever made my own mincemeat but I’m certainly thinking that it might be time to make just a few little pies to get me in the chrimbo mood…. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. I think it was one of the first recipe books purely dedicated to Christmas, before the term ‘celebrity chef’ was invented.

The same year she was presented with a BAFTA Special Award in honour of her outstanding contribution to television cookery and services to broadcasting. With her help you can prepare many dishes in advance and with her 36-hour countdown to Christmas lunch you can make sure nothing goes wrong for that most difficult of meals to get right.

More importantly, though, Christmas has been rather hijacked by Nigella in recent years and her extravagant excess does not sit comfortably with today's austerity Britain. Don't miss the chance to win one of three 5L Duromatic NEO pressure cookers from the award-winning cookware experts Kuhn Rikon. This is quite definitely the best and, like the Christmas cake, has been made and loved by a cast of thousands over forty years.

It's a great book, excited to have it, just have to find time to try out recipes 🙂There's lots of advice too which is helpful. This casserole freezes extremely well and fits the bill perfectly at Christmas when you have had enough turkey. I used to make a large batch of these and freeze them, then make the sauce to go with them on the day of serving. In 2002, World of Books Group was founded on an ethos to do good, protect the planet and support charities by enabling more goods to be reused. But don't worry, there's always next year, when even more of you will be unemployed, so you can probably start making the Christmas pudding in February.

This year, she celebrates 40 years of writing recipes and brings you Delia's Happy Christmas—the definitive guide to all aspects of cooking for Christmas.

With 150 gloriously photographed recipes there is something here to suit everyone: 50 much-loved classics, including Delia's Christmas Cake, Christmas Pudding and Roast Turkey which have faithfully served generations of Christmas cooks, along with 100 inspiring new recipes from Pot-roasted Guinea Fowl with Calvados and Salmon in Champagne Sauce to Drambuie Trufle and Chocoloate and Sour Cherry Crumble.But if this is your first Christmas or you're not feeling wildly confident, I don't thing there's anyone better than Delia to guide you through it.