A lucky dip of quirky picks, each recommended by a single contributor
Auguste Escoffier
Mark Bittman
Albert Roux and Michel Roux
Alain Ducasse
Craig Claiborne
J. Kenji López-Alt
Julia Child
Prue Leith and Caroline Waldegrave
Jacques Pépin
Jane Grigson
Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn
Diana Henry
Darina Allen
Shirley Corriher
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page
Nicolaus Balla and Cortney Burns
Thomas Keller
Anne Willan
Barbara Tropp
Samin Nosrat
Anna Del Conte
Jeffrey Hamelman
Culinary Institute of America
Jill Norman
Alain Chapel
Molly Stevens
Irene Kuo
Delia Smith