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