For me, it’s always the anise cookies. Okay, that’s not true. I also look forward to chocolate crinkle cookies, traditional gingerbread cookies and a few peanut butter blossoms. It’s ...

To make the filling, heat a wide, shallow, heavy-bottomed pan and melt the butter until it foams. Add the star anise and cook over a low heat until the butter is flavoured with the star anise.

These Christmas carrots are super delicious, and super easy too. Cooked down in obscene amounts of butter, some star anise and those flavour bombs, fennel seeds! These carrots will turn your ordinary ...