Acknowledgements

To my parents, for always encouraging and spurring me on no matter how crazy my ideas seemed. To my sister, for being the best travel companion and for allowing me to taste weird things even at the risk of me gagging and embarrassing her. To Reuben Boya, for your support through the years and for playing a big part in me writing this book. To Matanna Katz, for all your hard work in helping me with the shoot, thank you for sharing your talent with me and for being the most self-less friend in the world! To my other special friends, thank you for always being my loudest cheerleaders – even though I’m not naming you individually, you know exactly who you are. I value your continued support and advice tremendously. Thank you to the chefs who shared recipes and experiences with me and allowed me to include them in my book. To Beverley Dodd, working with you on this book was such a dream, thank you for all your guidance. A very special thank you to Linda de Villiers; this would never have been possible without your belief in my book concept and story. Writing my very first cookbook has been a dream for such a long time, I still can’t believe it has actually come to fruition. Thank you for your patience throughout this process, I know that I was a pain at times with all my ‘first-time-author’ questions … Now that we’ve got the first book out of the way, I look forward to many more in the near future.