Jane Lawson began cooking at the age of eight. After many years working as a chef in Sydney, Jane moved into publishing, combining her love of cookbooks and cooking. Jane is currently the Publisher - Food at Murdoch Books and is the author of Cocina Nueva (ISBN: 9781741962208, RRP: $34.95), Spice Market (ISBN: 9781741960389, RRP: $49.95), 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.