I’d like to thank, too, my wonderful friends and family, who have been so supportive and inspiring during the whole process of writing the book (which included a major house move and various upheavals – not ideal, but the way life works!). A huge thank you goes to my three exceptional daughters, Kate, Meg, and Claire, who were the subject of my earlier books on bringing up vegetarian and vegan babies and have been with me throughout my vegan journey and inspired me along the way – they have kindly given me some of their own recipes which you’ll find in this book. Also my dear friend, Chryssa Porter, who has helped me so much with the testing, and re-testing of many recipes, especially the cakes; and was always there for me. Finally, and especially, to my husband, Roger, who came into my life by some miracle shortly after dear Robert died, and has been staunchly by my side throughout the process of creating, testing, and writing recipes, and survived the process!
