Ivan Day is a celebrated food historian and the author of several books on the history of food. He has worked as a broadcaster, in both television and radio. His collections of antique books and equipment and re-creations of historic table settings have been exhibited at venues including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of London. He is also a talented cook and confectioner with 40 years’ experience in period cookery, and runs courses for the public at Wreay Farm in the Lake District.
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Jojo Tulloh is food editor of The Week, and author of "Freshly Picked: Kitchen Garden Cooking in the City", published this month by Chatto & Windus. "Freshly Picked" brings together stories and recipes inspired by Jojo's eight-year tenure of an allotment in Leyton, East London. She talks to the Browser about her favourite recipe books, and their writers.
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Claire Ptak takes cakes seriously. Rumoured to have baked the inaugural dessert for Barack Obama, she started out at Chez Panisse and is now running her own business in London: Violet.
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