VIRGINIA LEE is the authour of <i Pacific Flavours Guidebook and Cookbook </i and co-authour, with her sister Elaine Elliot, of <i Maritime Falvours Guidebook and Cookbook</i as well as several other cookbooks that specialize in coastal cuisine. She is a native Nova Scotian whose three children live in British Columbia and the Caribbean. She divides her time between Lower Canard, Nova Scotia and Memphis, Tennessee.