I love writing! In particular, I love the opportunities it offers to share my passions and interests with others. At various times I've been a journalist, author and inventor (the fun things!). At others, I've also been a management consultant ... businessman ... corporate animal (Everyone has to have a dark side!!). I'm a committed foodie, with a particular interest in outdoor cooking, charcuterie, sushi, and cross-cuisine fusion food. When I'm not tracking down new food leads, methods and recipes, I spend time saltwater and fly fishing, learning more about photography, bird watching, and travelling. My family and I live in Africa, and share a passion for its wilderness opportunities. We've worked out that at one (very privileged!) stage inI love writing! In particular, I love the opportunities it offers to share my passions and interests with others. At various times I've been a journalist, author and inventor (the fun things!). At others, I've also been a management consultant ... businessman ... corporate animal (Everyone has to have a dark side!!). I'm a committed foodie, with a particular interest in outdoor cooking, charcuterie, sushi, and cross-cuisine fusion food. When I'm not tracking down new food leads, methods and recipes, I spend time saltwater and fly fishing, learning more about photography, bird watching, and travelling. My family and I live in Africa, and share a passion for its wilderness opportunities. We've worked out that at one (very privileged!) stage in our lives, over a period of about ten years, my wife Margaret and I spent more than 800 nights with family and friends camping out on safaris, wilderness holidays, canoe adventures - and "riverside living" on a wild stretch of the Breede River in South Africa, with jackals, lynx, black eagles, honey badgers and otters many times our only companions. Now, in our early retirement, the "outdoors" for our family has largely moved to the backyard, and the equipment we use for grilling and barbecuing is more commercial than rustic. But the urge to experiment, to learn about and try different smoking and dry-curing methods and techniques, remains. Out of that enduring, lifelong interest The series of "REALLY SIMPLE OUTDOOR COOKING" books was born. Drawing on my own experience, and the generosity of so many other people who have expressed a willingness to share theirs, other books - on fishing; entrepreneurship; wildlife and nature photography; and gardening with birds will follow. I really do hope you'll enjoy reading them as much as I've enjoyed researching and writing them....more