Angela Clutton

Food writer

Biography

Angela Clutton is a food writer and food historian. She has written on food and drink for publications including The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Country Life; and she has a regular column for Borough Market for whom she is also a recipe writer, demonstration cook and runs the hugely popular Borough Market Cookbook Club. She is the featured food historian on the current series of BBC TV’s Rip Off Britain, Food. Angela is the co-Chair of The Guild of Food Writers. Her food and cocktail blog - On Hot Buttered Toast - has more details of Angela’s work.

The Food of Morocco

Paula Wolfert

Such a beautiful book in terms of its recipes and pictures. A wonderful insight into the food and culture of this part of the world. If you like Ottolenghi or Moro, try this.

Four Seasons Cookery Book

Margaret Costa

My ‘desert island’ cookbook! Margaret’s writing style makes her a joy to read as well as to cook from. Even the most traditional dishes included here feel more interesting in Margaret’s hands. Lovely focus on seasonal produce and dishes.

Amaretto, Apple Cake and Artichokes

Anna Del Conte

The classic Italian cookbook from the writer who brought to British attention the regionality of Italian food. From the simple to the complex, the hearty to the refined. So many great things to cook and eat here.

Five Quarters

Rachel Roddy

Decades after Anna Del Conte first wrote in the UK about the regionality of Italian food, Rachel Roddy continues the theme in this wonderful book of Roman cooking. A very honest cookbook and one where you feel you really get to know Rachel as you cook alongside her.

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

Jane Grigson

I could really have chosen any of the Jane Grigson books but have settled on this one for its in-depth approach to the subject. She covers vegetables in alphabetical order, with history and flavour notes for those ones which readers might be unfamiliar with (or her late 1970’s readers might have been, anyway). Many recipes with an international focus give this a modern feel, too.

Floyd on Spain

Keith Floyd

Keith Floyd in the form of this book has accompanied me on many holidays to Andalucia and has never let me down as an interesting, helpful, fun and tasty companion (who is always ready to suggest a glass of something delicious).

Good Things to Eat

Lucas Hollweg

Aptly named, this. It is a book jam-packed with good things to eat. This is the homeliest of cooking - which I mean in a very good way indeed.

Food in England

Dorothy Hartley

This book gives a wonderful insight into the history of food in England. It opens the door to understanding how families over the centuries have lived and cooked and eaten.

The Scented Kitchen: Cooking with Flowers

Frances Bissell

I am borderline obsessed by cooking with flowers and it is all down to this book of the most elegant sweet and savoury recipes. Don't think about doing a summer in the kitchen without it.

The Cooking of South West France