CocktailsWinter Spritz with Blood Orange
Aperitivo for the cold season: blood orange, rosemary, and Aperol, deep red instead of summery orange.

Cookies, roasts, and punch for the most wonderful time of the year.
13 recipes
CocktailsAperitivo for the cold season: blood orange, rosemary, and Aperol, deep red instead of summery orange.
Cakes & PastriesThe Milanese Christmas cake: tall, airy, tearable into shreds, and the result of two days of patience.
DessertsThe British Christmas pudding: dark, dense, keeps for months, and is traditionally served flaming.
Cakes & PastriesSmall British Christmas tarts with a dried fruit filling, meat-free for two hundred years despite the name.
DessertsSpanish Christmas nougat made of almonds and honey, either rock hard or buttery soft, with nothing in between.
Cakes & PastriesCut-out cookies with sharp edges and colorful royal icing, the American Christmas classic.
Cakes & PastriesFrench Yule log: chocolate sponge cake with buttercream, decorated to look like tree bark.
DrinksRed wine with cinnamon, clove and orange, steeped at 75 degrees and never boiled.
DinnerBeef loin with an herb crust, cooked at a low temperature to a perfect pink.
DessertsSilky vanilla custard beneath a glassy caramel crust that shatters when tapped.
SaladsThe Russian potato salad with peas, egg and pickles, creamy and festive.
Cakes & PastriesShortcrust pastry, juicy cinnamon apples and icing, the covered apple cake just like from grandma's bakery.
ChristmasMarzipan soft cinnamon stars with a glossy meringue topping, just like from the Christmas market and the highlight of any cookie tin.