Allan Jenkins

Editor, Observer Food Monthly,

Maybe my most useful cookbook, acquired 30 years ago, almost by accident. Kept in the kitchen of a wooden beach house on the Danish coast, there as much to inspire as to slavishly follow recipes when I have cycled back from the harbour, or my fishing-crazy neighbour drops off something from his nets. Amazon tells me used copies are available from £0.01p. Go on, splash out, spoil yourself.