Santa's Christmas Kitchen – Food Lover's Advent Calendar

Santa's Christmas Kitchen – Food Lover's Advent CalendarIt's Christmas Eve in an old farmhouse kitchen. The green tiled stove is warm, the cat is asleep on the bench, a reindeer is peeking through the frosty window, and Santa is tasting something wonderful from a copper pot.Tucked among the hanging ham, the flour sacks, the egg box, the painted dresser and the copper pans are 24 little doors. Behind each one waits a festive dish from a different corner of the world. Your challenge this December: find today's door, look at the dish, and guess what it is and which country it comes from.How it works

1. Find the door. The numbers are scattered all over the kitchen and they're not in order, so the search is half the fun.
2. Open it. A Christmas dish, painted in the same storybook style, is waiting inside.
3. Guess the dish and the country. From Italian panettone to Filipino bibingka, how many can you name?
4. Check your answers on Christmas Eve. All 24 dishes, with their country and a short description, are sealed in an illustrated "The Answers" envelope. No peeking!

Why food lovers adore it

• A culinary trip around the world: 24 dishes from 24 different countries, from familiar favourites to delicious discoveries.
• A puzzle, not just a countdown: every day is a little food quiz to play alone or with the whole family.
• Storybook artwork: a cosy kitchen in a hand-drawn ink-and-watercolour style, packed with tiny details to spot, including elves rolling dough, a half-built gingerbread house, a Christmas tree hung with candles and a sleeping cat.
• Inspiration for your own Christmas table: cook or bake one or two of the dishes this Advent and taste your way through December.
• Settles the debate: the answer sheet tells you the country and what each dish is, so no one can argue about the bûche de Noël.
• Screen-free fun: a calm daily ritual with your morning coffee or after-school snack.

Perfect forHome cooks, bakers, foodies, world travellers, anyone with a sweet tooth, grandparents and grandchildren, and anyone who reads cookbooks for fun. It also makes a thoughtful little gift to tuck into a Christmas parcel or a hostess basket.What's included

• 1 illustrated advent calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
• 1 illustrated A5 answer sheet listing all 24 dishes, with their country and a short description
• 1 illustrated "The Answers" envelope to keep the solutions secret until Christmas Eve

Good to know

• The calendar contains no food or treats. The surprise behind each door is a dish to identify.
• The answers are in English.
• Recommended for ages 6 and up (younger children love spotting Santa with a little help).