This delightful book is made up of two elements. The first consists of personal anecdotes of family meals as a child, recollections of a first dinner party, cooking triumphs and disasters plus musings on the place of food in life. The second part contains menus for all occasions interspersed with stunning full-color photographs. The author's background includes family involvement in a winery, a retail and catering outlet, a restaurant, an art gallery and a teacher and writer about food.