• BA Honours Degree in French (with Italian subsidiary), University of Durham.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Technical and Specialised Translation (French and Italian into English), University of Westminster (formerly PCL).  
• Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation (Italian into English).  Distinction in technology paper and merit in current events and science.  
• Distance learning course on the Visual Arts, Oxford University.  
• Distance learning course on the History of Western Architecture, Oxford University.  

Domus 1928 – 1999: The Very Best from the Seminal Architecture and Design Journal (Taschen) 
 
Pork and Sons (Phaidon) 
 
Terrine (Phaidon) 
 
The Silver Spoon: Pasta (Phaidon) 
 
Recipes from an Italian Summer (Phaidon) 
 
Puglia (The Silver Spoon) (Phaidon) 
 
Tuscany (The Silver Spoon) (Phaidon) 
 
Sicily (The Silver Spoon) (Phaidon) 
 
Naples and the Amalfi Coast (The Silver Spoon) (Phaidon)