Paul Atkinson was born in York, England, and emigrated with his family to the sunnier climes of South Africa when he was two years old. An extensive tour of Europe enabled them to experience the tastes of that continent's rich variety of foods.

Angela Shaw works on selective photographic product-design projects from her base in Durban, KZN, where she manages the KZNA Gallery for the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts. She contributed the photographs for the BRC's previous cookbooks.

Chrisi van Loon is a senior English teacher by profession. A vegetable enthusiast and cat lover, she was the editor and coordinator of this recipe book - as she was with its predecessors, Quiet Food and The Cake the Buddha Ate.

Louis van Loon is an architect and structural engineer by profession who runs his own consulting practice in Durban.

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