THANK YOU SO MUCH, Y’ALL

This book is here due to your help, support, and advice.

For those we miss: LF Beard, UM and Juanita Gibbs, Suzanne Burks, Charlene and Odell Burks, and Wilma Gibbs.

And for those who are always so supportive:

Steve and Blandy Lawrence and Concord Farms

Mary Beard

Graham Burks, Sr. and Virginia Maier

Ray Baum and Diane Lawrence

Moishe, Lindsey, and Amelia Lettvin

Hunter Burks

Graham Burks, Jr., Bianca Burks, Graham Burks III, and Fox Christian Burks

Marshall, Jean Marie, Becca, and Neely Burks

The Beard, Campbell, and Stringer families

The Gibbs and the Sellers families

The Matlock and Mead families

Aaron, Renee, Rocco, and Calliope Brame

Kelly Robinson and Michael Hughes

Aaron, Jaimee, Catherine, and Charlotte Cooley

John Currence of City Grocery Restaurant Group

Kelly English of Restaurant Iris

Jennifer Chandler

Melissa Petersen of Edible Memphis

Susan Ellis of Contemporary Media

Pamela Denney of Memphis Magazine

Bianca Phillips of Vegan Crunk

Mary Helen Randall

Jill and Keith Forrester of Whitton Farms and the Trolley Stop

Van Cheeseman of Flora at Bluebird Farms

Marshall Boswell

Natalie Parker-Lawrence

Emily Lux and Whole Foods Market

Heather Skelton of Thomas Nelson

Warren Oster and Stacey Greenberg

Max Maloney and Marlinee Clark

Gary Backus and Margot McNeeley of Project Green Fork

Andrew Adams and Wally Joe of Acre and The Brushmark

Andria Lisle of the Brooks Museum

Andrew Holiday of Harvest Creative

Craig and Elizabeth Blondis

J.C. and Danielle Youngblood

John and Wendy Rylee

Cameron and Amy Mann

David and Joann Bell

Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman of Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen

Felicia Willett of Felicia Suzanne’s

Ryan Trimm of Sweet Grass

Jason Quinn of The Playground

Robert and Tara Gordon

Glenda Hastings and Rusty Prudhomme of Napa Café

Krishna R. Chattu of Mayuri Indian Cuisine

Chris Hawkins

Ben Vaughn

Jody Moyt of Owen Brennan's

Rick Saviori

Jason Doty

Joe Morris

Nick Rogers

John T. Edge of The Southern Foodways Alliance

Jesse Kimball of The Memphis Tap Room

Our friends at The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Magazine, Rhodes College, and Hutchison School

All of our recipe testers, including the following shining stars: Louisa, Trevor, Angie, Kate, Kristy, Hannah, Heather, Margot, Shauna, Bianca, Jason B., Julie B., Allison, Jen, Julie T., Aaron, Reneé, Tiffany, Teresa, An, Becca G., Melissa B., Karen, Wendy R., Leslie P., Jamiee, Susie, Stephanie, Chip, Chris, Taylor, Rachel C., Lindsey, Kerri, Danielle, Francesca, Graham Sr., Wendy, Jennifer, Hannah, Sarah, CWK, April, Michael, Diane, Ray, Becky, Jason D., Shannon, Antigone, Andrew O., Tara, Lesley L., Huda, and Merry Beth