Supplemental #13 | December's recipe round-up

What's been cooking in the papers and online over the last month?

Hello team. The festivities are over and a new year has begun. How are you feeling? Is it a fresh start, or a jaded ‘as you were’?

For once I’m in the ‘let’s make new, positive habits’ camp: with a renewed focus on health; efficient work practices; and an aim to spend less time scrolling social media. (Yes, it’s a veritable BINGO line of resolutions…)

That said, as always there’s lot’s of cooking to be done. So we go again on that front, and inspiration is welcome. Therefore #Supplemental will continue through 2025!

To remind you, these posts look back over the previous month’s recipes published in (mostly) British broadsheet weekend supplements, plus a few bits and pieces online, including here on Substack.

A large chunk of December’s recipes were Christmas and New Year’s Eve related, and were covered here and here. Still, plenty of non-festive recipes to note and, in fact, some relatively significant news. Plus I've gathered a handful of recipes that might tempt for the forthcoming Lun…