Jade O’Donahoo was co-founder and operator of the acclaimed hole-in-the-wall café Switch Board, opened in the heritage-listed Manchester Unity building in central Melbourne in 2005. Her book project started as a promise to a customer, devastated by news that Jade was selling the café and that her favourite dishes would be available no more. “Don’t worry,” Jade said, “the recipes are so easy, I’ll just write them down for you!” And so Jade’s little book came to be.
