On the publishing end, much thanks to Harriet Bell, our publisher; Lucy Baker, our editor; Susan Ginsburg, our agent; Emily Saladino, her assistant; Carrie Bachman and Katherine Hanzalik, Harper’s PR gurus; Ken Berger, terrific at special sales; Diane Aronson, a copy chief at Harper; Renato Stanisic, the designer; Beth Shepard, a PR whiz; Ann Cahn, our fabulous copy editor (who’s now had a hand in every ultimate in one way or another, it seems); and Pat Adrian at Bookspan, a constant supporter—who first said, “Do a book on peanut butter.”
On the professional end, our enduring thanks to Jason Laduca at Cohn & Wolfe for cases and cases of peanut butter; Brian Maynard at KitchenAid for his ongoing support; and Gretchen Holt and Stephanie Karlis at OXO GOOD GRIPS for a well-tooled kitchen.
But this book is ultimately dedicated to the kids who make us remember why we love peanut butter: the wonderful Gwen Kehrig-Darton (the only twelve-year-old who would go with us to modern dance), our over-the-top godson Max Kohlkins, his fabulous sister Allie Kohlkins, and the brilliant and beautiful Gilad Perlman-Greenberg.