A lucky dip of quirky picks, each recommended by a single contributor
Eliza Acton
Hannah Glasse
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Robert May
Apicius
Elizabeth Raffald
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Marie-Antoine Carême
William Jarrin
Bartolomeo Scappi
John Evelyn
Agnes B. Marshall
Jules Gouffé
Isabella Beeton
Guillaume Tirel
Kenelm Digby
Alexis Soyer
Mary Randolph
Amelia Simmons
Martha Bradley
Charles Elmé Francatelli
Patrick Lamb
Malinda Russell
The Chief Master-Cook of King Richard II
Nicolas de Bonnefons