• Recipe collection
• Meal prep

21 mix-and-match relaxed, share-friendly dinners to make this week

Special enough to serve to unexpected guests, yet not too finicky for everyday family meals, these crowd-pleasers are fun, fresh, flavourful and festive.

• Party season

This dirty martini dip with mortadella-stuffed olives is your new go-to Christmas snack

The holy trinity of flavour combines in these high-impact appetisers built around brilliant shortcuts, no cooking required.

• December 4, 2025
• Katrina Meynink

• Interior design

Hosting a party? This is the room everyone will remember

As party season kicks off, there’s one room in the house that deserves more attention than most. Here’s how to prepare it well.

• December 3, 2025
• Robyn Willis

• Ask Alice

Been asked to ‘bring a plate’? How to be the most popular guest – with zero stress

Alice Zaslavsky shares her shortcuts and tips for every personality of plate-bringer this party season.

• December 3, 2025
• Alice Zaslavsky

• Christmas

Adam Liaw’s jewelled potato salad

This make-ahead dish is not just pretty, it’s a great one to turn up with at a bring-a-plate Christmas.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Adam Liaw

• Christmas

Adam Liaw’s rum and ginger glazed ham

This ham glaze takes its inspiration from a Dark and Stormy cocktail.

• 2 hrs +
• Adam Liaw

• Baking

Mango mascarpone sponge cake

This genoise sponge is a very useful recipe to have in your baking arsenal.

• 1-2 hrs
• Helen Goh

• Substantial salads

Sichuan’s famous dan dan noodles take a lighter turn with this speedy slaw

The popular Sichuan noodle dish is recast as a cool, crunchy slaw, perfect for warm nights.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• Better baking

‘Utterly addictive’: How to make Emelia Jackson’s cheese straws with a spicy twist

Made with rough puff pastry, these elegant cheese straws are perfect for nibbling during party season.

• 2 hrs +
• Emelia Jackson