About the author

Food writer, cook, teacher and traveller Lindy Wildsmith is a great believer in the importance of seasonal ingredients and connecting with the land, people and producers she meets. Her book Cured was shortlisted for the André Simon award and the Guild of Food Writers best food book. Her most recent book, Artisan Drinks, celebrated the pleasure to be had from making your own everything, from tisanes to champagne. She also wrote Cichetti: and Other Small Italian Dishes to Share, with Valentina Harris.

Lindy worked with Chef Franco Taruschio OBE (founder of the famed Walnut Tree Inn) for 15 years at the Chef’s Room, the award-winning cookery school in Wales. Lindy now organizes pop-up corporate and bespoke private cooking events. Lindy teaches preserving and curing at The School of Artisan Food at Welbeck in Nottinghamshire, and Italian cooking at the WI cookery school, Denman College, near Abingdon. You can follow her on twitter @lindywildsmith and on Facebook.