Thanks are due to many people: to Janalice Merry, Alison Mummery and Agnes Winter for help with recipes; to Stella Hobbs, Pamela Hartshorne, Will Johnson and Addy Johnson, all of whom relieved the household of excess crumble and made useful comments on the results; to Pearson’s of Sinnington, soft fruit growers, who had gooseberries in the freezer when I needed some in January; at Pavilion, to Peter Taylor who commissioned the book, and Lucy Smith and Maggie Ramsay for careful editing. Most of all, thanks to my husband Derek Johnson, the person who is really the family crumble maker, but who nobly allowed me to experiment with the theme.