Becky Thorn

This is a sweet little retro-styled hardback that takes you back to your childhood and school lunches - as its tag line goes "The good, the bad, and the spotted dick". Full of reminiscences about them but importantly, it's full of straight-forward recipes that work and loads of yummy puddings - butterscotch tart anyone?

It happens to be written by my sister-in-law so I'm biased, but honestly, it is a nice book and I've enjoyed reading it and cooking a few recipes with my daughter.