I managed to end up with 4 cookery books and a book on herbs for Christmas this year. Boring to some but it’s great from my point of view! My favourite has to be the River Cottage Cookbook as it’s more than just a cookbook, it also briefly covers info on gardening and also when to expect which fruit and veg throughout the year which is handy to know what to expect is fresh and what is most likely past its freshness (like the ‘fresh’ Asparagus on our supermarket shelves right now!).
The other books included a book on keeping a Herb Garden, Jamie Oliver’s new book, Ainsley Harriot’s cookbook and a 1000 recipes book. Unfortunately no Gordon Ramsey so I’ll just have to have a look through his myself and pick the best one to get 
I also got a jar of the dry ingredients for making double chocolate chip muffins off Dave’s neice Ashleigh who had come with us to the Farmer’s Market in Chester at the start of December and bought the jar from there. A good idea (I mean the jar, but it’s a good idea as a present for me too!!) as the jar is quite decorative but just needs some basic extras such as egg, water, butter to make the muffins. Can’t wait to have a go with those!
Hope you all got some good foodie presents for Christmas.
