Ravinder Bhogal and Jay Rayner eat their way through the supermarkets’ mince pies, cheese, chocolates and more.

Mince pies, cheese, chocolate, party food – our three wise women guide you through the best high street offerings

Observer Food Monthly’s bumper review of high street cheese, chocolates, pies, cakes, puddings and more. And yes, our star reviewers shall go to the ball …

Observer Food Monthly’s cast of Dickensian players feast on the high street’s cakes, cheese and chocolates. Which are the best buys? And did anyone ask for more?

Who better to sample sackfuls of festive-season sandwiches than our own Jay Rayner?

If you’re serving salmon this Christmas, should you play it safe with traditional oak-smoked or take a gamble on maple syrup, seaweed or even whisky and ‘gold’ varieties? We put this year’s supermarket offerings to the test

High street turkeys, cheese, chocolates and cakes tasted and rated by top chefs for Observer Food Monthly

Two families get on board to sample festive novelty chocs. Which will rock their boat?

The Lionesses have had plenty to celebrate this year, so who better to rate festive fizz? We put the players through their paces with prosecco, and they soak up the booze with some half-time pies

From brandy-soaked fruit to (shock horror) chocolate, and topped with everything from nuts, cherries and marzipan to candied orange slices and penguins, our postal workers have sorted your iced Yuletide fruit cake selection

No Christmas is complete without a family-size box of biscuits, so our biccie boffins tried out some festive confections. But as biscuit tins were prised open, euphoria, nostalgia and disappointment poured out. That’s the way the (Christmas) cookie crumbles...

This Christmas, you can buy luxuries such as lobster, caviar and fine wines from the discount supermarkets. But can they compete on taste as well as price? Tony Naylor finds five festive steals and five false economies

While the older cast members were enjoying their bubbly, we got the Hackney Empire panto’s young ‘uns to rate the Christmas chocolate that makes them melt