Acknowledgments

Many thanks are due to all who made this book possible, especially Susan Friedland, my editor, Phyllis Wender, my agent, and Nancy Nicholas, who so ably translates my recipes into English.

At HarperCollins, Ellen Morrissey, then Vanessa Stich, Susan’s assistants, have provided invaluable help, as well as Publicity Director Stephen Sorrentino and publicists Leonida Karpik, Carrie Weinberg and Corinne Alhadeff. Special thanks to production editor Chris Tanigawa for her astute eye.

Thanks to Joel Avirom and his crew, Jason and Meghan, for the wonderful design and to Tom Eckerle and Ceci Gallini for the truly beautiful photographs. As usual, Laura Hartman Maestro delivered accurate and artistic line drawings.