Laura Mason was raised on a farm in Upper Wharfedale, Yorkshire. A highly respected food historian, her books include Good Old-fashioned Roasts , The National Trust Farmhouse Cookbook and The National Trust Complete Country Cookbook (all published by National Trust Books). She is also a British co-ordinator of the Slow Food movement.Althea Mackenzie is the curator of the Wade Costume Collection, and of the textile collection at the Hereford Museum.