Indulge in the ultimate this year and get your Christmas pudding from Claridges. The London hotel's chefs are busy cooking up batches from the same recipe used for over a century. True to the Claridge tradition, the hotel's pastry chefs have created 150 limited-edition puddings to be enjoyed at home. Available online as well as directly from the hotel. Carefully packaged in glamorous eau de nil Claridge colors, the puds will make a delicious gift for those who deserve them.

Log on to www.claridges.co.uk. Prices are 50 ($81) for 1 kg puddings for 5 to 6 servings, and 35 for smaller puddings for 4 to 5. Sales start on Nov 28.

- Pauline D. Loh