SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE who helped me bring this book to light have been part of my life for years, and for that, I’m fortunate and thankful.
To Wayne, for inspiring me to reach and to imagine what isn’t always obvious. And for sharing a number of your beautiful photographs of our life and our city.
To my dad, for making sure my sister and I always had a homecooked meal to come home to—whether we were 13 or 30. And to mum, Heather, Mark, and Jack, I’m lucky to have all of you nearby.
Thank you to my Ten Speed family. Aaron Wehner, for being so much more than a publisher; Julie Bennett, for wrangling my words and ideas into something fit for print; and Toni Tajima, because few things make me happier than to be working together again on the design of a book—your work is beautiful. To Kristin Casemore, Michele Crim, Patricia Kelly, Andrea Chesman, and Dawn Yanagihara, for your support, input, and insight along the way.
Special thanks to the friends who have inspired a number of the recipes in this book. The creations coming from your kitchens helped drive what was coming from mine: Jess Thomson, Jennifer Jeffrey, Malinda Reich, Karen Merzenich, Olivia De Santis, Carrie Brown, Lori Narlock, Steve Sando, and Molly Watson.
A number of you welcomed the recipes in this book into your homes early on. Your honest feedback and suggestions made this a better book. Heartfelt thanks to my lifelong friend, Nikki, and the entire Graham clan—Amai, Emre, Kiah, Azia, and David—for putting a bunch of these recipes through their paces. Thanks to Lulu LaMer, Quyen Nguyen, Heather Gibbs Flett, Ross O’Dwyer, Monika Soria Caruso, Allison Yates, Anna-Lisa Palmer, Shay Curley, and Britta Garcia.
Thanks to Owen Seitel, Amie Ahlers, Gwen McGill, Lanha Hong-Porretta, Yotam Ottolenghi, Dorie Greenspan, Melissa Clark, and Kim Boyce. And thank you to all of the 101 Cookbooks readers—the way you build on ideas and make recipes work in your own lives and kitchens is continually inspiring to me.
