My thanks go to Michael Bollen of Wakefield Press, who published my first book, The Original Mediterranean Cuisine, in 1995; in a way, this book is the prelude. I am also grateful to Kerryn Goldsworthy for her astute and intelligent reading of an earlier draft; to Margot Lloyd for her careful editing; and to Liz Nicholson, designBITE, for her evocative cover. Clinton Ellicott has once again provided an elegant and sympathetic design.
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