Arabella Boxer was born in 1934, in Scotland, of Scottish and American parentage. As a child, she lived first in Scotland, then in London, and spent the summers in the United States with her grandparents. She has travelled widely, and was Food Editor of Vogue from 1975 to 1991. She has also written extensively for the Sunday Times Magazine and the Telegraph Magazine. Her books include among others 'First Slice Your Cookbook', 'The Sunday Times Complete Cookbook', 'Arabella Boxer’s Book of English Food' and 'A Visual Feast' with Tessa Traeger. She was awarded the Glenfiddich Cookery Writer of the Year Award in 1975 and 1978. In 1992 she won the Andre Simon Award and a Glenfiddich Special Award for Food Writing. A founder member of the Guild of Food Writers, she lives in London.