John Newton is a freelance writer, journalist and novelist. His first food book was Wogfood, An Oral History With Recipes. Then followed Fresh From Italy; with Stefano Manfredi; and bel mondo beautiful world also with Stefano Manfredi. In 2011, The Good Food Shopping Guide which he has written with Helen Greenwood for five years will again be published. His books on Spanish food include A Little Taste of Spain and The Food of Spain. He was consultant editor on Food: the essential A-Z guide, and wrote The Roots of Civilisation: a history of plants that changed the world. His two novels are Whoring and The Man Who Painted Women. He writes for The Sydney Morning Herald, Wellbeing, The Organic Gardener and The Australian colour magazine. His latest book, published in 2010, is Grazing:the rambling and recipes of a man who gets paid to eat.
