MY GREAT INDEBTEDNESS TO THOSE WHO ENCOURAGED me, contributed recipes, or helped me as I journeyed once again around Mexico, especially: Violet Gershenson; Carmen Ramírez Degollado; María Dolores Torres Yzabal; Pina Hamilton de Córdoba, Oaxaca; Oscar Kaufman, Campeche; Fernando del Moral Muriel, Aguascalientes; María Redondo de Williams; Guadalupe López de Lara de Zorilla; Lic. Antonio Tiro y Sra.
I am most grateful to my editor at the University of Texas Press, Casey Kittrell, for agreeing to republish this book. I also wish to thank Ellen McKie and Victoria Davis.