The biggest issue of the year is finally here, with everything you need to plan for to enjoy a fantastic festive season and beyond.

Begin with the delicious. wish list – an enticing combo of our favourite gifts to please all your nearest and dearest – then find out how to throw a Southern-style celebration with the crew at Sydney’s Harpoon Harry. Our chef and butcher have a clever twist on Christmas ham (hello, tinned pineapple glaze!), and drinks guru Mike Bennie has ideas for matching drop to dish that’ll have you looking at the back of the cupboard for the tipples that time forgot.

MasterChef’s Elena has given a native twist to Aussie favourite pavlova, and Valli Little has mains for the big day well and truly covered. Backing up said mains are sides that could steal the show from Mike McEnearney, and our very own food team put on a spread of desserts that pay homage to our most missed nostalgic flavours.

For summer, seafood superstar Rick Stein is in the house with fresh, bright recipes to feed the crowd, and Shannon Bennett has New Year’s Eve covered thanks to a spread that’ll see out the year with bang.

And while all this is happening at ours, we’d love to know what happens at yours! So grab this bumper copy of delicious. today, be inspired, then take a snap and share it with the tag #ChristmasAtOurs – you could even win a luxury food shop (enter here).