Jane Lawson began cooking at the age of eight. After many years working as a chef in Sydney, she moved into publishing, combining her love of cookbooks and cooking. Jane is currently the Commissioning Editor - Food at Murdoch Books and is the author of Spice Market (ISBN:9781741960389, RRP: $49.95, May 2008), Grub (ISBN: 9781740458733, RRP: $45.00), Yoshoku (ISBN: 9781740453967, RRP: $36.95) and A Little Taste of Japan (ISBN:9781740453714, RRP: $26.95). Jane is also the co-author of BBQ Food for Friends (ISBN: 9781740451376, RRP: $34.95) which won a Gourmand Cookbook award in 2003.