Gwen Skinner

Gwen SKINNERS life has many facets, including fashion modelling and music. She is still an active professional violinist wlth the
Auckland Regional Orchestra, and in the past with the New Zealand National Qrchestra and Symphonia of Auckland.
She has worked as a newspaper and magazine journalist, and is the author of three earlier books. The very nature of these publications is a clear indication of her diverse interests. Her first book, Swanhilde, Around the World in a Concrete Boat, followed a six-and-a-half year voyage In the 12-metre motor-sailer Swanhilde, which the Skinners built in their backyard.
The Galley Cookbook put the knowledge gained in that 90,000-kilometre journey into almost every ship's locker in New Zealand and
Australia.
In 1981, another interest, gardening, was instrumental in producing Simply Living: A Gatherer's Guide to New Zealand's Fields,
Forests and Shores.
During the voyage on Swanhilde, the author spent a considerable time around the South Pacific, and with her insatiable appetite both
for learning and for good food, she sampled and questioned until the secrets of South Pacific cuisine gently unfolded. (Kansilehti)… (altro)