Vicky Hayward

Food writer

My first cooking was done over a gas burner in a French campsite. This is the book that persuaded me to try my hand and I still like its easygoing everyday feel.

Tom Jaine

Food writer

This changed our outlook in the 1950s, and how. Just love their sense of command and adventure: do this, this way, they do it like that.

Bridget Henisch

Medieval food historian

Bob Granleese

Food Editor, Guardian Weekend

Heather Holden-Brown

Director, HHB Agency Ltd