ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author wishes to acknowledge the help of the following people: Jim, Jeff, J.Z., and Joe Davidson; Kate Miciak, a brilliant editor; Sandra Dijkstra, an extraordinary agent; Lee Karr and the group that assembles at her home; John Schenk and Karen Johnson, J. William’s Catering, Bergen Park, Colorado; Deidre Elliott and Katherine Goodwin Saideman, for their careful reading of the manuscript; Janet Alexander, a friend who gave support as well as the title; Lucy Mott Faison, Sally Mott Lawrence, and Bill Mott, Jr., for loaning their kitchens for recipe-testing; Mark D. Wittry, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center; Carmen Laronn, M.D.; Richard L. Staller, D.D.; Emyl Jenkins; Carol Devine Rusley; Joanne P. Smith; Spike C
