My deepest gratitude to Book Publishing Company for being innovators in ethical publishing, and especially to Bob and Cynthia Holzapfel for recognizing the need for a book that addresses functional digestive disorders and vegan diets. Enormous thanks to chef Beverly Lynn Bennett for tirelessly testing a number of recipes in this book and contributing a few of her own specifically for it. Her suggestions, culinary expertise, and boundless generosity have been invaluable. I greatly appreciate the nutritional analyses done by cookbook author and recipe developer Laurie Sadowski, as well as her extremely helpful advice and constructive feedback. Many thanks to chef, cookbook author, and photographer Alan Roettinger for meticulously preparing, styling, and shooting the photos for this book, and to photographer Laura Look for her astute direction and oversight. Much gratitude to John Wincek for his infinite creativity and spectacular job with the cover and interior design.
