This year I decided to try a plant-based diet. As someone whose favourite meal was a steak and chips and who rarely went a day without eating meat, I thought it would be impossible. The reality was far from it! I come from a stereotypical Italian family; huge gatherings with tables laden with food and everyone owns a restaurant. But my English family have the same attitude too, so my life has always been about cooking and entertaining. My new diet reinvigorated my love of