Caroline Conran is a writer with a quiver of successful books in her armoury: from Poor Cook to the Conran Cookbook (written with Sir Terence Conran and Simon Hopkinson), to her groundbreaking translations of Michel Guérard and other French chefs. Her aim is to awaken interest in simple, well-cooked food that depends on a sound knowledge of raw materials. She was the Sunday Times Magazine cookery editor for thirteen years, and her other book on France is Sud de France, published by Prospect Books, which won the Andre Simon Food Book of the Year Award in 2012. She lives in London.