The Christmas Chronicles

Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Awards Best Food Book 2018, from the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of "Eat," "The Kitchen Diaries," and "Toast," comes a new book featuring everything you need for the winter solstice.

"The Christmas Chronicles" is the story of Nigel Slater's love for winter, the scent of fir and spruce, ghost stories read with a glass of sloe gin, and beeswax candles with shadows dancing on the ceiling. With recipes, decorations, fables, and quick fireside suppers, Nigel guides you through the essential preparations for Christmas and the New Year, providing everything you need to enjoy the winter months.

Taking you from November 1 all the way to the end of January, "The Christmas Chronicles" covers everything from Bonfire Night, Christmas, and New Year to Epiphany. Throughout the season, Nigel offers over 100 recipes to see you through the build-up, the celebrations, and the aftermath. Here are much-loved classics such as goose and turkey (and making the most of the leftovers), mincemeat, and cake recipes to make the cold months bearable, like rib-sticker bread pudding with Comté and Taleggio, salt crust potatoes with blue cheese and goat's curd, and hot-smoked salmon, potatoes, and dill, as well as bright flavors to welcome the new year, including pink grapefruit marmalade, pear and pickled radish salad, and rye, linseed, and treacle bread.

Packed with feasts, folktales, myths, and memoir, all told in Nigel's warm and intimate signature style, "The Christmas Chronicles" is the only book you'll ever need for winter.