PRUE LEITH

Tell us a little about The Vegetarian Kitchen. Why did you write a vegetarian cookbook?

I’m not a veggie, but I love vegetarian cooking. My Michelin-starred restaurant used to have a separate vegetarian menu, and... it didn’t sell very well anyway! But now it seemed a good idea to write a new book and, as my niece and co-author Peta has never eaten meat, we went ahead and did it.