Author Jane Milton has had a lifelong passion for food and cooking. With a degree in Home Economics and a Cordon Vert Diploma in Vegetarian Cookery, her skills cover all forms of cooking and food styles. In 1996 Jane set up her own company - Not Just Food. She has a particular interest in Caribbean and Mexican cuisine, and this book is the culmination of years of research and exploration into Mexico's cooking traditions.

I've been working as a freelance illustrator for about 14 years now - before that I was a primary school teacher, and so you won't be surprised to hear that I've done a lot of work for educational publishers. He was born in Leicester in 1966, and has lived in various places since - Loughborough, Maidstone, Oxford and Thame. And he's currently resident in north Leeds with his wife Sue and their sons Eddie and Jonah.