Author’s note

I’d like to thank my first readers Louise Moritsugu and Ehoud Farine, and my literary agent Margaret Hart of the Humber Literary Agency, for their suggestions, encouragement, and support. And I am grateful to Diane Young, Shannon Whibbs, and Cheryl Hawley for their editorial guidance, and to everyone else at Dundurn who helped produce, sell, and promote the book.

Recipes follow for three of the dishes discussed, served, and consumed in the course of the novel. For more recipes please visit my website, which can be found online at http://kimmoritsugu.com.