John Lewis Advent Calendar 2023, Day 10: Cook up an Alpine feast
Christmas is all about celebrating with your loved ones, especially close friends and family. But what do you cook? If you’re looking to create a feast to remember this Christmas, check out these handy cooking tools.
By Gemma Wilcock | Last updated Dec 13, 2023
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For most of us, the Christmas celebrations begin at the start of December and go on throughout the month - because it’s not just about celebrating with close family, you have to fit in parties and dinners with all those you love, including colleagues and close friends.
While spending Christmas with our loved ones has become more important for one in five of us than it was pre-pandemic, we often spend Christmas Day in multiple locations and with friends as well as family. In fact, one in three are planning a ‘friendmas’ - a mini Christmas dinner with friends.
This means eating - and thinking about - food, food and more food, which can make it hard to come up with different ideas for catering for all of the events. This can include having to plan everything from what to eat with family on Christmas Eve, as well as what to cook when hosting friends for that friendsmas meal - or even looking for an alternative to a traditional Christmas dinner.
For some of our Mumsnet users, this includes cooking up an Alpine feast.
On Christmas Eve we have an 'Alpine' supper, cheese fondue and a pierrade for the meat eaters.
My family has had a tradition of a Swiss cheese fondue on Christmas Eve for about 35 years now. If I’m honest I prefer it to Christmas dinner. My DC haven’t quite got the taste for it yet though so we tend to do baked camembert for them but they dip all the same stuff in.
For lots of us, cheese is a staple Christmas food, but why stop at a cheese board? You can cook up some delicious melted cheese and make a feast to remember. If you like the sound of a festive fondue, John Lewis has all the tools you’ll need to make an Alpine themed meal. Invest for 2023 and it could become a Christmas family - or friends - tradition for years to come.
STAUB Cast Iron Fondue
Price on writing: £159 | Buy now from John Lewis
Waitrose & Partners No.1 Fresh Cheese and Biscuits Hamper
Price on writing: £65 | Buy now from John Lewis
What is the John Lewis Advent calendar 2023?
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About the author
Rebecca Roberts is a writer, editor, and content marketing expert hailing from Leeds. Here at Mumsnet, she brings parents content designed to make life easier. As a mum-of-two, she knows all too well how difficult it can be organising Christmas. So, she's fully invested in finding the best Christmas gift ideas, offers and promotions for families this year.
Beyond her role as an editor here at Mumsnet, Rebecca can be found balancing life as a working mum of two toddlers and when she’s not at her desk, you’ll likely find her at a local playgroup, in a nearby coffee shop, or walking the dog.