PATRICIA BAREY AND THERESE BURSON own a media production company whose programs have won top honors at major international competitions.

Ms. Barey received Emmys for public television profiles of Chicago’s food and restaurant scene and the pioneering work of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, with two chats lunatiques, Ella and Rosie.

Ms. Burson, who holds a PhD in English, taught college literature, wrote scripts for national PBS series on the environment and school desegregation, and produced an award-winning documentary about the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in Evanston, Illinois, in a maison currently sans chat.

Throughout the writing of this book, they found sustenance and inspiration in their butter-stained copies of Julia’s masterful cookbooks.

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