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Regardless of how you celebrate end-of-year holidays, food is probably central to your winter festivities. And a trio of spices – cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger – feature in many dishes and drinks and are an unmistakable part of the scent profile we associate with the holiday season.

The honeyed orange peel and almond shards in these festive sweets call to mind a toffee-brittle marmalade

Ten titles to buy for adventurous eaters, gardeners or committed cooks. In no particular order, here’s OFM’s pick of the year

The 2018 Bake Off finalist and food writer tastes and rates black forest mince pies, tiramisu panettone and winter orange cheesecake

Chef and TikTok’s Poppy Cooks rates centrepiece stiltons, truffled sheep’s cheese and festive flavoured chocolates

They are among the quietest currently available on the market

Pen Vogler’s second history of British food lives up to its title with a banquet of fascinating titbits, deep research and intellectual nourishment

The rapper tells Samantha Rea about shared baths, books before bedtime and doughnuts so good they should be illegal

Tawny, ruby or vintage, it is sure to hit the spot