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Introduction	I am a New Zealand based cook and food writer.In 2004 I co-founded leading food magazine Dish. For many years I owned and operated The Epicurean Workshop, a specialist cookware store and cooking school. These days, Aside from freelance food and culinary travel writing, I also own an importing company specialising in eco-friendly products for serving and presenting food such as the beautiful WASARA range from Japan and traditional Spanish cookware. I chair the Garden to Table Trust. GTT is a programme for primary schools where children aged 7-10 grow, harvest, prepare and share good food as part of their learning. It is based on the very successful Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation in Australia. Apart from food, which has been a consuming passion for me and the focus of my career for more than 30 years now, I live to travel. My (now grown) children often tell me I have spent more time away from home than at home. This is of course not entirely true - I wish it was though.I also focus on being an enviro aware NZer. I have a square foot vege garden in my inner city courtyard and derive much pleasure from picking the odd broad bean or globe artichoke from it.

Introduction

I am a New Zealand based cook and food writer.In 2004 I co-founded leading food magazine Dish. For many years I owned and operated The Epicurean Workshop, a specialist cookware store and cooking school. These days, Aside from freelance food and culinary travel writing, I also own an importing company specialising in eco-friendly products for serving and presenting food such as the beautiful WASARA range from Japan and traditional Spanish cookware. I chair the Garden to Table Trust. GTT is a programme for primary schools where children aged 7-10 grow, harvest, prepare and share good food as part of their learning. It is based on the very successful Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation in Australia. Apart from food, which has been a consuming passion for me and the focus of my career for more than 30 years now, I live to travel. My (now grown) children often tell me I have spent more time away from home than at home. This is of course not entirely true - I wish it was though.I also focus on being an enviro aware NZer. I have a square foot vege garden in my inner city courtyard and derive much pleasure from picking the odd broad bean or globe artichoke from it.