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About the author

Acknowledgments

After spending years as an international model, Caroline

Bretherton dedicated herself to her passion for food, founding

her company, Manna Food, in 1996.

Her fresh, light, and stylish cooking soon developed a stylish

following to match, with a catering clientele that included

celebrities, art galleries, theatres, and fashion magazines,

as well as cutting edge businesses. She later expanded the

company to include an all-day eatery called Manna Café

on Portobello Road, in the heart of London’s Notting Hill.

A move into the media has seen her working consistently in

television over the years, guesting on and presenting a wide range

of food programmes for terrestrial and cable broadcasters.

The author would like to thank

Mary-Clare, Dawn, and Alastair at Dorling Kindersley for their

help and encouragement with this massive task, as well as

Borra Garson and all at Deborah McKenna for all their work

on my behalf. Lastly I would like to thank all my family and

friends for their tremendous encouragement and appetites!

Dorling Kindersley would like to thank

The following people for their work on the photoshoot:

Art Directors

Nicky Collings, Miranda Harvey, Luis Peral, Lisa Pettibone

Props Stylist

Wei Tang

Food Stylists

Kate Blinman, Lauren Owen, Denise Smart

Home Economist Assistant

Emily Jonzen

Baking equipment used in the step-by-step photography

kindly donated by Lakeland. For all your baking needs contact:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk; or order by phone on 015394 88100.

Caroline de Souza for art direction and setting the style of the

presentation stills photography.

More recently Caroline has worked increasingly in print, becoming

a regular contributor to The Times on Saturday, and writing her first

book The Allotment Cookbook.

In her spare time, Caroline tends her beloved allotment near her

home in London, growing a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs.

When she can, she indulges her passion for wild food foraging,

both in the city and the country.

She is married to Luke, an academic, and has two boys, Gabriel and

Isaac, who were more than happy to test the recipes for this book.

Dorothy Kikon for editorial assistance and Anamica Roy for

design assistance.

Jane Ellis for proofreading and Susan Bosanko for indexing.

Thanks to the following people for their work on the US edition:

Consultant

Kate Curnes

Americanizers

Nichole Morford and Jenny Siklós

Thanks also to Steve Crozier for retouching.