ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Portions of this book have appeared previously elsewhere: much of the
"From Our Kitchen To Your Table" and a few other stray bits of business
appeared in The New Yorker, under the title, "Don't Eat Before Reading
This". The "Mission to Tokyo" section appeared first in Food Arts, and
readers of my short story for Canongate Press's Rover's Return collection
will see that the fictional protagonist in my contribution, "Chef's Night
Out" had a humiliating experience on a busy broiler station much like
my own. I'd also like to thank Joel Rose, to whom I owe everything . . .
Karen Rinaldi and Panio Gianopoulous at Bloomsbury USA. Jamie