Thank you to my Kentucky family. You were there from the start.
The entire team at the University Press of Kentucky has been brilliant. I’m grateful to my editor, Ashley Runyon, for her steadiness and patience. Your sound advice made my book better. Special thanks to David Cobb, Blair Thomas, and Donna Bouvier for your direct support.
Warmest thanks to my excellent photographer, David Bowers. Working with you was a pleasure. I’m lucky to have had a real artist shoot this book.
Deep thanks to my agent, Sharon Bowers. I admire her canny way of visualizing projects and coaxing into place the elements that make them work. Her contributions far exceed those of her on-paper job description.
Thanks, too, to the partners of Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Agency for lending an ear and offering excellent advice born of years of experience representing cookbooks.
And finally, I’d like to thank my New York family for always being on my side. Sam, Rose, and Wolf, you are the reasons I try each day to succeed.