Acknowledgments

For Ellie and Jim Ferguson

My children—Matthew, Elliott, and Madeline—who ate whatever I put in front of them when all they really wanted was hamburgers

Catherine Fogle, who got me out of the classroom and into the kitchen

Maxine Mills and Julia Stockton, who continually offer friendship

Sharon Ryan, who has been always supportive

Whitney Hyder More

The staff of the Davis Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ms. Catherine Sadler of the Charleston Library Society, for help in research