I love the idea of heading into December with the kitchen full of home-baked cakes and biscuits, so for a spot of calming seasonal baking inspiration, my top tip is Anja Dunk’s Advent (Quadrille), packed with wonderful German Christmas baking recipes. I loved reading about how festive guests in Germany are offered bunter teller, a plate of beautiful assorted biscuits and confectionery, which you can easily recreate with the recipes in the book. Look out for the recipe for lebkuchen, which look exactly like the walls of the gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel. The book is a beautiful object, too, with elegant lino cuts and photography by the author.