Fiona Dunlop

Fiona Dunlop is a travel and food writer now based in London. After living in Italy and the south of France, she spent 18 years in Paris until the late 1990s. She has travelled widely since her Australian childhood, immersing herself in exotic cultures as well as writing about art, architecture and food.

After authoring a dozen travel guides to countries from Asia to Central America she embarked on cookbooks (covering Spanish tapas, North African home-cooking and modern Mexican). Her latest, Andaluz: a food journey through Southern Spain, focuses on the influence of the Moors from North Africa and the Middle East - who while living in Andalucia from the 8th to the 15th century left an indelible imprint on Andalucian cooking and produce. Fiona's holiday house in the olive groves of Cordoba province was the inspiration for this.

Follow her blog on fionadunlop.com, her Instagram accounts @ffdunlop and @andaluzfoodandtravel or her Facebook page, @fionadunlopfoodandtravelwriter. She occasionally tweets @ffdunlop

Her mantra? Savour, travel, reflect