I’d like to thank Nick “Food Dude” Castagna for educating me in the ins and outs of the lunch-truck business, and Mike Colicchio for making it possible—Joe College wouldn’t have been written without their help. I’m also grateful to Mark Dow, Tom Feigelson, Byron Kim, Kevin Pask, and Hajime Tada, among others, for their enduring friendship and for the memories they shared and inspired during the writing of this book. Thanks is also due—as always—to Mary Granfield for her good company and good advice, and to our kids, Nina and Luke, for being such wonderful distractions. My thanks, as well, go out to my agent, Maria Massic, and my editor, Elizabeth Beier, for their unswerving support and enthusiasm.