Coping With Christmas

Keep Calm and Fanny on! A fabulously festive companion to navigating the party season with aplomb. Stuffed full of jolly recipes, decorations and plans in this new edition of her classic 1968 guide, British culinary icon Fanny Cradock comes to your festive rescue. In her eyes the hostess's role is as much set designer and theatre director as caterer. She is obsessively thrifty, fierce in her determination to Make an Impression, and just can't resist taking things too far; if something can be filled, covered in aspic or deep fried, it usually is... Fanny just can't help herself. And when times get truly tough, there's a whole chapter of 'Slap Happy Crisis Substitutes for Serious Cookery'. Told with Fanny's trademark caustic wit and overblown attention to detail, and with a new foreword by food writer Felicity Cloake, 'Coping with Christmas' is a waggish wink to help find the magic along the way, and the ideal gift for any host feeling fettered by the expectation of a 'perfect' Christmas. Fanny Cradock is an icon of British cookery and culture. Her television career spanned over 20 years and she authored just shy of 30 books.

This re-issue of her 1968 classic Coping with Christmas gives a beautifully nostalgic account of what it takes to pull off the festive season, with crafting ideas, recipes, and tips for navigating the social whirlwind that is the party season.

Beginning with 'Preparing you for the fray', chapters include 'Light Luncheons and Suppers for Christmas Day', ' The Christmas Buffet', and 'Christmas Decorations', plus a full recipe section covering every possible food group and occasion.