TO PATRICIA AND MICHAEL QUINN, the world’s greatest nutritionist and enthusiast respectively. Thank you so, so much.
To Mary, Philip, and Peter, our darling friendies. To Kali, Jay, and Siobhan, glad you like the pizza! To Libby and Naoise, dedicated tasters. To Emma, Matt, Brigid, Holly, and Hazel, we love you guys! To Ruadhri, the adventurous vegetarian. To Eithne, for all the wonderful reviews she is going to give us. To Anna, Catherine, and Libby, for the props. To Barry, fervent thanks for the moral support. To Doña Theresa, muchas gracias. To Francie, the kitchen counter king. To Ger Nichol, the queen of literary agents. To Will the Postie, cheers for the fantastic veggies. To Deirdre McQuillan, thank you, thank you, thank you! To the Durneys, for all the garlic and publishing advice. To Yardy, Muttly and Felix, our underfed garbage cans. And to Brian, Webmaster extraordinaire: check out www.whattoeat.net.
To the publishers of the Irish edition: Eveleen Coyle, who saw promise in our scribbles. To D. Rennison Kunz for guiding our darling book through the final stages. To Michael Gill for his enthusiasm (and for giving us our photos!). To Nicki Howard and Anita Ruane for our cover—although Luke thinks there should be more of him!
—Chupi and Luke Sweetman