First, always, thank you to my family: Adam, Winter, and River, for your support and encouragement. Your constant love and help are truly the rocks that this book was built on.
Thank you, Jane Dystel, for all your guidance over the past decade and for always knowing what the next book should be. Thank you also to Miriam Goderich for all your help and expertise.
Thank you, Chronicle Books, and of course Sarah Billingsley. I pinch myself every time I realize I get to write books for my job, and I feel so grateful each day when I head to my kitchen counter to test recipes. Thank you for caring so much about books, and for caring to make a book together. To Lizzie Vaughan, I am so glad to be designing another book with you; you have made these books so beautiful. Thank you to the rest of my Chronicle team: Margo Winton Parodi, Jessica Ling, Tera Killip, Steve Kim, Gabby Vanacore, Keely Thomas-Menter, Alex Galou, Mary Cassells, and Erin Slonaker.
To Amanda Paa, thank you again for all your organization and care. I am so grateful for your friendship and to have you on my team.
To Sara Bartus, another book tested thoroughly by you, and thank goodness! Your honesty and attention helped shape these recipes.
Thank you again to the Blue Heron bakers for baking and testing many of these recipes! I love seeing them and your variations of them in your coffee shop.
To Zoë François, I’m eternally grateful for you. I’m so thankful for your friendship and all your kindness over the years. Everybody loves you.
To all the grandmas and grandpas and aunties and uncles and cousins and dear friends who have stopped by to pick up treats, sent kind words, babysat children, tested recipes, and offered to wash dishes: Thank you. I love you all so much.
And of course, all the lovely Vanilla Bean Blog readers. This book wouldn’t be here without your support, and I am truly grateful each and every day. Thank you for making my recipes, pan-banging, sending kind notes, buying books, and being so wonderful. Much love.