Aromas of festive fare preparations and the Christmas cake baking in the oven are probably the best part of the build-up to Christmas day. 

From the warm and spicy atmosphere of her country kitchen Jenny prepares a mouth-watering array of food and drink for the festive season such as homemade mincemeat for mince pies, two-fruit Christmas cake, stilton and apple strudel, yule log and a drink with a difference.

Jennifer Ann Bristow is a Northern Irish cook and cookery writer. Bristow was brought up on her family's dairy farm near Coleraine. A former home economics teacher at Cambridge House in Ballymena, Bristow made her first television appearance on Ulster Television's Farming Ulster in 1989 demonstrating how to cook with potatoes, which led a producer at the station to offer Bristow her own series.

Thanks to
Chesney Antiques, Portglenone
Honeysuckle, Holywood
The Quilted Goose, Belfast

Presented by Jenny Bristow
Produced & Directed by Ruth Johnston
Camera: Sam Christie
Sound: Rai Woods
Lights: Maurice Blair
Production Assistant: Patricia Moore
Video Editor: Philip White

Ulster Television Production