ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There are always so many people to thank on a book project — far more than you could possibly imagine.

Firstly thank you to Diana Hill, Sue Hines and the team at Murdoch Books for once again allowing me to put some stuff on pages to send out into the world.

Thank you to all the editorial and design staff who keep things ticking, ask all the right questions and polish up the stuff I put on pages to turn it into a book: Virginia Birch, Katri Hilden, Hugh Ford, Clare O’Loughlin, David Potter and Emma Hutchinson.

Of course, without gorgeous recipe shots, a food book can present as a little dull… so thanks for making it sing Brett Stevens, Maree Homer, Matt Page, Louise Bickle, Heidi Moore and Grace Campbell. Oh, and thanks for the seagulls…

To all those fabulous food people who helped me test and perfect all my recipes: I literally could not have done this without you. Rozzie Baldwin, Lou Bell Barrett, Stephanie Clifford Smith, Gerard Kambeck, Peta Dent, Jill Brand and Gabriela Oporto — you all completely rock!

Thanks always to my family and friends for lending me their palates during the testing phase, and for always supporting and understanding when my head is immersed in book-land and deadlines. Thank you GG for playing chauffeur for the many, sadly washed-out, photography road trips… oh the joy.

And thank you to YOU for buying this book! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.