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The Kitchen Café: 19/12/2014

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19/12/2014

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kitchen Café, 19/12/2014

Food for a small Christmas gathering, cheeseboards to impress, and new festive wines.

Clare English has ideas and inspirations for small Christmas gatherings, plus how to put together a cheeseboard with the wow factor, and discovering new festive wines.

Ideas and inspiration for a small Christmas gathering with Clare English and the Kitchen Cafe team.

If there's perhaps just two or three of you this Christmas and you don't want to roast a whole bird then why not let cook and food writer Mary Contini be your guide as she shows Dan Holland how to do simple, delicious guinea fowl breasts.

In our third "Scents Of Christmas", world food expert Ghillie Basan explores the roots of nutmeg and explains why we associate it with festive cooking.

Master Of Wines Rose Murray Brown shares her ideas for mouth-watering but inexpensive reds, whites and fizz for Christmas time.

How about an easy but tasty dish for Christmas Day that's done all in one pot and will save on the washing up?! Chef Neil Forbes shows Gillian Russell how to cook pot-roast chicken, a quick and simple dish which allows you to spend more time with the family and less time in the kitchen.

Cheese expert Phoebe Weller offers advice for creating a festive cheeseboard with the wow factor.

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