A lucky dip of quirky picks, each recommended by a single contributor
Marco Pierre White
Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham
Judy Rodgers
Patience Gray
Pierre Koffmann
Laurie Colwin
Massimo Bottura
Nico Ladenis
Alice B. Toklas
Roy Andries De Groot
Elizabeth David
Sat Bains
Fred Morin , David McMillan and Meredith Erickson
April Bloomfield
MFK Fisher
James Beard
Anna Tasca Lanza
Daniel Boulud
Denis Cotter
Kylie Kwong
Josephine Araldo and Robert Reynolds
Vivian Howard
Fred Plotkin
Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle
Ken Hom
Collette Rossant
Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Ghillie Basan