Thank you to the fantastic team from Hardie Grant Books for encouraging this second book. Gordana Trifunovic, thank you for being such an easy-going editor and for leading the team with your positive (yet gently persuasive) manner and always putting everything in the ‘sure, that can be done’ basket for me. It made life so easy. Mark Roper, wow, again your stunning photos have flattered my often unglamourous dishes. Thanks for making the shoot such a pleasure. Thank you Trisha Garner, you’ve got the most fantastic eye for design; thank you for helping me create another book I am so proud of. Thanks again to Deb Kaloper for your calm manner, your sense of humour and your enormous styling talent. Michele Curtis and Andrea Geisler, thank you for whipping up the dishes for the book and thanks for asking me such great questions. Leesa O’Reilly, thanks again for filling this book with such beautiful pieces.
To Carrie, Celia, Richard and Annie Lou, thank you for being part of my dinner party in the book. One day I’ll have a real one. Thanks again to Mum, Dad and Sandra for helping me get through an insane time combining cookbook-writing, work and taking care of five kids. Hirshy, thanks for your amazing support and friendship. And finally, to Rob, I promise I’ll stop feeding you nine dishes a night to taste-test (at least until book number three).