About the Author

BARBARA SANTICH is a Professor at the University or Adelaide, Australia, where she designed the curriculum for the Graduate Program in Gastronomy and developed its core courses in the history and culture of food and drink. She also teaches in the university's Food Writing course. Her interest in food and eating was stimulated by her early studies in biochemistry. She has been a food writer for almost 30 years, and has written six books as well as contributing to numerous publi­cations, including Australian Gourmet Traveler, The Journal of Gastronomy, and Petits Propos Culinaires.

GEOFF BRYANT is a New Zealand-based horticultural writer and photographer and was a plant propagator and nurseryman for some 10 years. He has written a total of 12 books, including several widely sold plant propagation handbooks, as well as numerous magazine articles illustrated with his own photographs. He has been a technical editor, writer, and/or photographic contributor to a large number of major plant and gardening titles. Geoff's photographs can be seen at his image library website, www.cfphoto.com, and he is also represented by several stock photo libraries.