For the seventeenth issue of delicious. on Sunday, which appears in Stellar magazine, we catch up with the beloved Maggie Beer as she prepares for Christmas in the Barossa Valley. The accomplished cook, author, and TV personality relishes the holiday season, and shares her advice on what constitutes a successful festive lunch. In the NSW edition of Stellar, we also sit down with Nigella Lawson to find out what the British food authority will be cooking at her London home this season.

In our weekly meal plan, delicious. on Sunday’s food editor Warren Mendes proposes a series of last-minute Christmas hacks and inspired cheats for tackling the big day. The effortless dishes, guaranteed to reduce your cooking commitments if you so desire, include instant gravlax, 30-minute Christmas ham, dry brine turkey, panettone pudding and gingerbread trifle. Meanwhile, in his regular column, Matt Preston celebrates the humble potato salad, the unsung hero of festive lunches.

delicious. on Sunday also includes the latest news and reviews for each state on the eastern seaboard. In this week’s NSW edition, Anthony Huckstep visits Good Luck Pinpone, a new pop-up in Sydney’s Kensington. For the VIC paper, Megan Miller checks out elevated barbecue joint Fancy Hank’s in Melbourne. In QLD, Anooska Tucker-Evans samples the impressive new Vaquero in Albion for the QLD edition. (All the reviews live on delicious.com.au.)

delicious. on Sunday appears in Stellar every weekend. Stellar is available in The Sunday Telegraph in New South Wales, the Sunday Herald Sun in Victoria, and The Sunday Mail in Queensland.

If you want to make it a Stellar Sunday, be sure to #makeitdelicious, too!