Symons, Michael

Michael Symons was born in Adelaide in 1945, and was educated there and in Hobart before completing a science degree at Sydney University. He has been a journalist on the Sydney Morning Herald, worked for the ABC and was a partner in an Adelaide restaurant for 15 years. He has a PhD in the sociology of cuisine from Flinders University. His other books include A Shared Table and The Pudding that Took a Thousand Cooks.