About the Author

Over the last five years Alessandra Zecchini has been running cooking classes and workshops from her professionally designed and equipped kitchen. She also conducts classes at the Epicurean cooking school and the Auckland Cooking Academy, is a contributing writer to Cuisine magazine, and is an active member of the Slow Food international movement. Photographer Shaun Cato-Symonds has worked with Julie le Clerc on two of her best-selling cookbooks and, more recently, on New Holland's Everyday Gourmet and Sweet As.... His work can also be seen in many quality lifestyle magazines.