I would like to thank those who took part in the making of this book: Karl Allen for his love, for lifting me out of creative impasses and for his willingness to eat my experiments; Noam Bar and Cornelia Staeubli for the day-to-day support and real interest in the details; Sarah Lavelle for the patience and brilliant spirit; Felicity Rubinstein for seeing things through in a charming way; Jonathan Lovekin and David Eldridge for a graceful, collaborative spirit; Claudine Boulstridge for trying out the recipes, cooking them for the camera and much more; Sami Tamimi and Helen Goh for their friendship and constant stream of culinary ideas; Lindy Wiffen and Gerry Ure from Ceramica Blue for the generous supply of dishes for the shoots.
