Alice Zaslavsky

Alice Zaslavsky is an award-winning author, broadcaster and ebullient Vegelante. She believes that everyone deserves to be able to understand food as they do letters and numbers. Born in Georgia at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Alice grew up with a cuisine that reaches for the veg first. It's no surprise, then, that this is at the heart of her food philosophy, helping others across the world want to do the same through her bestselling books, columns in The Guardian and Good Food and as ABC...See more

Alice Zaslavsky is an award-winning author, broadcaster and ebullient Vegelante. She believes that everyone deserves to be able to understand food as they do letters and numbers. Born in Georgia at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Alice grew up with a cuisine that reaches for the veg first. It's no surprise, then, that this is at the heart of her food philosophy, helping others across the world want to do the same through her bestselling books, columns in The Guardian and Good Food and as ABC's food guru on radio and television. Her vegetable bible In Praise of Veg has been translated into six languages (and counting!) in 14 countries, winning an ABIA in Australia, a Gastronomisch gold medal in Germany, a nomination for cookbook of the year in The Netherlands and a berth as a James Beard finalist in North America. She is also the author of CBCA notable book Alice's Food A to Z and cooking confidence un-locker Better Cooking . Alice is the creator of Phenomenom, a free digital toolkit helping thousands of teachers and parents connect kids with fresh food and a love of learning. She lives between the Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne, Australia, and on the socials as @aliceinframes. See less