Turkey and all the trimmings, boxes of Quality Street and homemade mince pies… plus a few more unusual options. We asked some of our friends what food sums up the festive season for them.

“Growing up, there was always a debate in our house about whether to make bread sauce, as only half the family like it. I always thought it was the strangest creation – a whole onion, speckled with cloves simmering away in milk and bay leaves. I am now the biggest fan and would be distraught if we started questioning making it these days.”
   
Flora Shedden, baker and cookery writer