Produce Distributors and Growers

Distributors and growers of fine produce form the root system that fed this book— with both vegetables and expert information. Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc., Bronx, N.Y., has been paramount, thanks to Kevin Murphy and his attentive staff, who supplied a wealth of select vegetables despite hail, drought, strikes, and crop failures. Lee Jones and the Jones family of Chef’s Garden, Huron, Ohio, offered a rainbow of flavor-rich samples from their exceptional farm.

Phenomenal fungus came from Gourmet Mushrooms, Sebastopol, Calif.; Hans Johansson’s Mushrooms and More, White Plains, N.Y.; Marché aux Délices, New York City; and Phillips Mushrooms, Kennett Square, Pa.; Rosario Safina, Urbani USA, Long Island City, N.Y., ensured a high-quality truffle crop from around the world.