Fran Warde - The Living Well With Cancer Cookbook

When acclaimed food writer Fran Warde and nutritional therapist Catherine Zabilowicz met at the Maggies Centre at Charing Cross Hospital in London, they discovered they shared a passion for good food and healthy eating. They also realized that with their combined knowledge and experience they could provide invaluable guidance for anyone living with cancer, their families and friends.

Published in support of the Maggies charity, The Living Well with Cancer Cookbook is the result of Fran and Catherines collaboration and is aimed at helping readers through each stage on diagnosis, during and after treatment. Packed with advice on nutrition and the best food choices to make, this essential guide offers a range of delicious recipes, including healthy twists on classic favourites and tempting new treats to try, with every ingredient chosen for its health benefits. Positive and empowering, it explains why many scientists today believe that certain foods and a balanced diet are crucial in sustaining strength throughout treatment, and may even help to fight cancer.

Taking a holistic approach, The Living Well with Cancer Cookbook will help to alleviate anxieties, such as those concerning weight-loss, loss of appetite and the changes in how food tastes. Above all, the comforting recipes will help both experienced cooks and novices to create nutritious, easily adaptable meals from breakfast right through to dinner each one designed to nourish and sustain.

Fran Wardes career has been fuelled by a passion for food. Trained as a chef, she worked at the Caf Royal, on an Australian prawn trawler, ran her own cookery school and then moved into food styling and food writing. She was food editor at Red magazine and has written and co-authored several bestselling cookery books, including Ginger Pig Meat Book, Ginger Pig Farmhouse Cookbook, The French Kitchen and The French Market . She has also written for the Sunday Times magazine, Waitrose Food Illustrated, Olive magazine and BBC Good Food. She lives in West London with her husband and two boys.

Catherine Zabilowicz , BSc (Hons), PG Cert, MBANT, CNHC, was inspired to embark on a Nutritional Therapy degree and a Masters in Nutritional Medicine at Surrey University after researching the link between nutrition and cancer during her sons treatment for leukaemia. She works as the Nutrition Advisor at Maggies Cancer Caring Centre at Charing Cross Hospital and with patients with brain cancer who wish to implement the Ketogenic Diet through the charity Matthews Friends. She also works in private practice through Body Soul Nutrition. In the past she has run healthy-eating programmes in schools and the community and has been Nutrition Advisor for a food company. She lives in Surrey and has four boys.

We are extremely grateful to Maggies and all those working and associated with the charity who have made our involvement and this book possible.

Many thanks to our families who for many months endured our being either chained to a computer, writing, or disrupting the kitchen creating and testing recipes. Also to those friends and family who, having been affected by cancer themselves, offered their thoughts on the content of the book and were happy to be a part of our photography day at Maggies, West London.

We are very grateful for the patience and kindness shown by our wonderful editor, Brenda Kimber, and the rest of the talented team at Transworld, particularly Leah Feltham, Phil Lord and Katrina Whone. Thank you to our agent, Anna Power, to Kristin Perers for her inspiring photography and canvas artworks, Iris Bromet for the tasteful props, Brenda Updegraff for her detailed editing skills and Lisa Horton for the beautiful design.

Last but not least, thank you to our contributors for their expert knowledge, including clinical oncologist Dr Brian Haylock, who gave invaluable guidance during the writing of this book.

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