Marguerite Patten OBE has been writing cookery books for the past 50 years and in 1991 was awarded the OBE for services to the art of cookery. A popular BBC Radio 4 broadcaster, she has a column in Yours magazine and writes regular articles for Saga magazine.
Jeannette Ewin PhD studied nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and co-author, with Marguerite, of Eat to Beat Arthritis.