Denai Moore

Moore was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, where she learned to play keyboards from her father. Her family moved to Stratford, London when she was 10.^[5] After she left school, she played in small clubs in East London, and appeared as a guest vocalist on SBTRKT's 2014 album Wonder Where We Land. She later signed with Because Music.^[6]

Moore's first single, "The Lake", was produced by Plan B.^[7] Her album Elsewhere was released in 2015 and produced by Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Savages).^[8] Her second album We Used To Bloom was released in 2017.^[9] Modern Dread was released in 2020; in a review of the album The Guardian noted that "Moore’s hypnotically sinister beats take the listener on a surrealist journey into a fantasy world."^[1]

Moore became a vegan in 2015. In 2017, Moore founded a vegan supper club called Dee's Table.^[10]

In April 2023, Hardie Grant published Moore's cookbook, Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat.^[11] In July, the New York Times covered a dinner in honor of the cookbook at the Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate. The dinner was held at the opening of an art show curated by fashion designer Ronan Mckenzie.^[10]

Mayukh Sen of The Washington Post said the book's "recipes imaginatively take advantage of the bounties of Jamaica."^[12] Avery Yale Kamila of the Portland Press Herald included the book on her list of the best plant-based books of 2023.^[13] Fliss Freborn of National Geographic included the book on her list of the best new summer cookbooks.^[14]