Sally Butcher

Sally Butcher is a London-based food writer and cookbook author. She runs Persepolis, the acclaimed Persian food store in London. Her most recent book, The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian: Modern Recipes from Veggiestan (also published by Interlink) has been a hugely successful and was shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers’ Cookery Book of the Year Award. Her first book, Persia in Peckham: Recipes from Persepolis, was also published to critical acclaim and short-listed for the 2008 Andre Simon Award. It was also selected by The Sunday Times as its cookbook of the year. When Sally is not running her store, she blogs and tweets prolifically and has amassed a devoted online following.