The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook - Kim O'Donnel [78]
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Giving Thanks
A dream come true. That’s what this project has been for me. Without the tireless encouragement and hands-on assistance from the following individuals, it would remain just an idea cloud.
Hats off to my merry band of recipe testers, who volunteered their time, palates, and pantries to share invaluable insight and kitchen smarts:
Julia Beizer, Dan Berko, Phil Berko, Paula Champa and Euan Sey, Dennis Coyle, Rebekah Denn, Janet and Jerry Eber, Karl Eisenhower, Sally Ekus, Dean Ericksen, Stefanie Gans, Jen Sieve-Hicks, Nicole Ladas Fitzgerald and Tim Fitzgerald, Erin Hare, Heather Jones, Leslie Kelly, Liz Kelly Nelson and Dot Kelly, Barbara Kennedy, Eddie Gehman Kohan, Brian Krebs, Susan Mack, Stephanie Marquis, Matthew Greenberg and Maura McCarthy, Dan Murano, Howard Parnell, Steven Shapiro, Nicole Spiridakis, Elizabeth Terry. And to Tara Austen Weaver and Devra Gartenstein for contributing recipes.
Three fingers of bourbon to Jim Eber, who was there when this idea was just a seedling and who has lent a hand, an ear, an eye, and amusement every step of the way. Obi, you da man.
To Stephanie Gailing, who’s got a third eye when it comes to line editing, amazing celestial insight, and a heart of gold.
To Jeanne Sauvage, who went beyond the call of recipe-testing duty and magically morphed into a kitchen assistant extraordinaire and a good friend who scraped me off the floor more than once.
To Eddie G., for her eternally bent ear, second set of eyes, and passion for the passion that binds food and politics.
For the sundry love, kindness, assists, and cheerleading from:
Bill Addison, Colin Baugh, Stephanie Bittner, Keren Brown, Kim Carlson, Alex Carrillo, Jacqueline Church, Carrie Ferrán, Rocci Fisch, Leslie Hatfield, Luuvu Hoang, Eleanor Hong, Jules James, Leslie Kelly, Liz Kelly, Shannon Kelly, Destin Joy Layne, Nancy Loggins-Gonzalez, Susan Mack, Jennifer Maiser, Karla McDuffie, Dan Murano, Chris Nelson, Chris Nishiwaki, Jill Nussinow, Lennox Raphael, Kim Ricketts, Jeff Seligman, Leslie Silverman, Frances and John Smersh, Naomi Starkman, Kerry Trueman, Tai Tsang, Hughes Walker.
To the women chefs and authors who have crossed my path, inspired, and paved the way: Diana Abu-Jaber, Nicole Aloni, Monica Bhide, Ann Cashion, Gillian Clark, Fran Costigan, Erin Doland, Nathalie Dupree, Lisa Hamilton, Kate Jansen, Anna Lappé, Mollie Katzen, Pascale LeDraoulec, Susan McCreight-Lindeborg, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Cynthia Nims, Rosemary Parkinson, Sara Roahen, Jules Shepard, Julia Watson, Virginia Willis, Grace Young.
To my “family” in Eureka Springs: Vicki Kell-Schneider and Cindy Duncan at the Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow and fellow scribe Kelly Hayes-Raitt; Catherina Bernstein for chakra work and keeping me aligned; David “Fuzzy” White (and his canine friend Jeff), Karen Lindblad, and Barbara Kennedy.
To Chris Elam at Meatless Monday and Ralph Loglisci and Dr. Robert Lawrence at the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University, for their continued support and solidarity.
Un beso por Myra Kohn, whose photographic talent is not only evident in these pages but whose capacity for greatness is immense.
To my editor Renee Sedliar, for her human touch and superhuman wizardry, and to the crackerjack team at Perseus for taking good care of me and my “baby.”
To Lisa Ekus-Saffer and Sally Ekus, who had faith, shepherded the deal, and who always have my back, even when I least expect it.
To my readers, who have stuck by me for more than a decade, as we learned to cook together and live more mindfully in a digital world.
To Susan and Jim (aka Mister Sausage), Tim and Dorothea, and to John, my immediate family and meat lovers to the core, who have all been good sports, opening their minds, crumb by crumb, to the notion of a little less meat in their lives.
To my dad, whose beloved spirit has been cheering me along the way.
And to Russ, who has washed dishes, wiped away tears, endured many cranky pants episodes, edited like a banshee, and gone on way too many shopping