Lucy McDonald

Writer and broadcaster

https://crumbsfood.co.uk

Biography

Lucy McDonald is a writer and broadcaster who loves to cook almost as much as she loves to eat. She has written two cookbooks with her sister Claire - the latest being the Crumbs Family Cookbook.

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine

Elizabeth David

The best cookbook ever written. I read it and re-read it like a novel.

A Modern Way to Eat

Anna Jones

I love this cookbook - it has transformed vegetarian food for me. Delicious recipes, beautifully laid out.

How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

Nigella Lawson

So much more than a collection of recipes, it has a narrative and my copy is so well-worn it is falling apart.

Feast: Food that Celebrates Life

Nigella Lawson

The price of the book is worth it for the Georgian Feast alone. Roast chicken stuffed with sour cherries and rice, cheese flatbread and green beans is now a dinner party staple in my house.

Roast Chicken & Other Stories

Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham

An elegant and beautiful written book.

The Kitchen Diaries

Nigel Slater

I love this and 10 years on, I still browse through it for seasonal inspiration.

Riverford Farm Cook Book

Guy Watson and Jane Baxter

A book that made me change the way I cook and eat vegetables.

Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course

Delia Smith

I love Delia. Her recipes have never let me down

It's All Good

Gwyneth Paltrow

It's fashionable to mock GP but my children love her Korean meatball recipe and so do I. Contains some other healthy gems too.

Recipes from a Normal Mum

Holly Bell

This normal mum loves this cookbook. A family classic.

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