As our thoughts turn from Christmas trees, to seeing in the New Year, party food and drink is the order of the day. From canapés to cocktails, we have got you covered. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year all!
They're an inevitable part of any big meal, so make the most of them! If you're short of ideas, try a recipe or two from this collection, and use up your turkey, ham, bread, cheese, and potatoes in these clever (and quite delicious) recipes.
Curated collections from ckbk's editors
Cookbook author Anna Stanford is a home cook and mother of three, on a mission to share her experience of cooking for a family, and create recipes that are approachable and appealing to all. Her book, Anna's Family Kitchen, is packed with tips and guidance for the busy family cook.
Food journalist Jesse Valenciana is a reporter and columist for The Takeout, and appears on local and national television in the US. He is a champion of Mexican food, and other Hispanic foods of the Americas. His book Birrias: 65 Recipes from Traditional to Modern focuses on Mexican home cooking, and the classic birrias stews at the heart of it.
Judi Rose is a food writer, author, and culinary educator based in London and New York, and daughter of legendary chronicler of Jewish food Evelyn Rose. Her books include two written with her mother, with whom she cooked for decades, and her 2020 book To Life!: Healthy Jewish Food, written with her cousin Jackie Rose.
Tony Custer is a Peruvian businessman and philanthropist with a passion for the gastronomy of his home country. His books, The Art of Peruvian Cuisine 1 & 2, bring together the culinary talents of many of Peru's most celebrated chefs, and show the excellence and range of Peru's food scene.
Cookbook author Suki Pantal was born and raised in India, moving to the UK at the age of 36. She founded Suki's Curries and Spices, on a mission to bring real tastes of India to other curry lovers. A Punjabi Sikh, chicken is a core part of her eating culture, something that she shares in her 2025 book No Worries, Just Chicken Curries.
Chef Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe, has spent the last 30 years cooking across the US and globally, researching and promoting understanding of Native American food, culture, and history. Through his business The Sioux Chef, he works as a caterer and educator, with a mission to widen understanding of and access to indigenous ingredients. His debut book The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, is the 2018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook.

Christmas pudding is that once a year treat, rich in sweet fruits, seasoned with spice and more than its fair share of brandy, and everyone looks forward to it. Unless, of course, you don’t. It you are one of the naysayers, never fear, we’ve got a recipe for that. Your Christmas table will nonetheless be graced with a pudding to thrill them all, fitting of the annual feast.

Jewish food is as rich and varied as the many communities worldwide who have developed their own traditions, and evolve them today. As we publish Judi Rose’s feature on Hanukkah, we are delighted also to highlight the addition of her latest book to ckbk. In To Life!: Healthy Jewish Food, written together with her cousin Dr Jackie Rose, Judi combines aspects of a nutritious Mediterranean diet with Jewish culinary traditions, taking inspiration from her mother's recipes.

To mark the recent arrival on ckbk of To Life! by Judi Rose, daughter of legendary Jewish food writer Evelyn Rose MBE, we asked Judi to share some of her favourite family memories, recipes and traditions for this month’s Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights. Don’t miss her family potato latke recipe!

The countdown to holiday season has begun! And we have a glorious early Christmas present for you—Essential Elizabeth David (Christmas). Heralding the launch of our new book series of classic Elizabeth David recipes, published by us at ckbk, we bring you a festive feast selected by the culinary legend’s nephew, kitchen designer Johnny Grey.

Elizabeth David is regarded as the most influential British food writer of recent times. She transformed the culinary landscape of post-war Britain with an approach to cooking that drew inspiration from her Mediterranean travels—her many books have inspired generations of chefs and food writers. We mark the festive season with this new collection of Elizabeth David’s Christmas recipes, selected exclusively for ckbk by her nephew, kitchen designer Johnny Grey.
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