I owe a very big thank you to my team at Abrams in making the dream of this cookbook a reality. From our first meeting, I knew I wanted to work with these people, and I wanted to hang out with them, too! Holly Dolce is an incredible editor and Deb Wood a killer art director. These are two women with vision! They led me to Lucy Schaeffer, photographer extraordinaire. Lucy is an incredible talent who captured the essence of summer in every shot (and she’s a trouper—on our last day of shooting, she worked through the pain of a blown-out Achilles from a street hockey injury the day before). My recipes were tested by one of the kindest, most knowledgeable men in food, Wes Martin. The recipes were styled to perfection by Paul Lowe and Mariana Velasquez and the lovely props were by Leslie Siegel. Thank you to Elizabeth Stone, Sarah Massey, Emily Albarillo, Liana Krissoff, Leda Scheintaub, Patricia Austin, Sarah Schuffle, and Denise LaCongo.
