Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat...

So, it's the last day of 2012. What a year, very unforgettable for many reasons. But I must say, we finished it off fabulously.

Christmas was, as it should be, a period of complete gluttony and indulgence. I ate, and I ate, and I ate some more. We had an amazing Christmas dinner thanks to my mum and dad. After years of singing "CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE GOOSE IS GETTING FAT," at the top of my voice, I actually ate goose for Christmas dinner. It was rather nice. We also had partridge, pigs in blankets, amazingly roasty roast potatoes (properly crispy on the outside, wonderfully fluffy on the inside - my dad used the fat from the goose to cook them), carrots, bread sauce... oh the list goes on...

I ate chocolate upon chocolate, and drank mojitos everyday for about five days (time for a change of cocktail for the new year I think!).

People have definitely caught onto the fact that I love food - I received some great cookbooks; Nigelissima (granted, the name and the TV show are a bit ridiculous, but it does have some great recipes in!), Jamie's 15 minute meals and my new favourite, Levi Root's Reggae Reggae Cookbook. Now I can not only nostalgically gush about how much I love Caribbean food, I can actually make it. I also got a George Foreman grill, (finally I can make toasties in my flat!), and a toy rabbit - who's also a chef.

It's safe to say, it was a fantastic Christmas and hopefully, the new year will bring lots more foodie delights along with it.

Though not Christmas related, it has just occurred to me that I haven't mentioned MasterChef, well, if you didn't watch the most recent series of Professional MasterChef you most definitely missed out. Everyone knows how much I love cooking shows, and I think my followers on Twitter got a bit bored of my incessant MasterChef Tweets, but I just loved it. The final two weeks were definitely my favourite. Seeing all the restaurants with two and three stars was great, I am now desperate to eat at The Fat Duck and The Hand and Flowers... If anyone has any spare cash to lend me, I'd be grateful!