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It’s late November and my son has already been talking about Christmas for weeks. On a dark and rainy Sunday I opt to give in to his excitement and serve a lunch with more than a sniff of festive tradition about it. Some newly acquired friends are with us and, as we finish our meal and share unusual moments from our pasts, the lovely Helen calmly relates one of her own memories: ‘I once fired an AK47 in the desert at a cactus. I was on a holiday with an ex-con. Later, I stroked a tarantula. After that, my friend broke his leg and we went skiing.’ As far as surreal anecdotes go, we couldn’t really top that and rapidly moved on to coffee.

DUCK LEGS WITH PORT AND CRANBERRIES

CELERIAC AND POTATO GRATIN OR MASH

TURNIPS AND LEEKS WITH HONEY, CORIANDER AND SOY

WINTER FRUIT PIE