The Dedication and Inspiration...
This book is dedicated to my oldest son, Mark, who worked as Promotion Art Director for Good Housekeeping Magazine before he passed on. He always wanted me to pursue my dream and encouraged me to compile these recipes, and my story, into a cookbook that could be shared. This is for you, Mark.
In 1988, Mark gave me a Good Housekeeping Cookbook for Christmas, and this is what he wrote:
$1.00 from the sale of this book will be donated to an organization
supplying food to people with AIDS and their families.
Acknowledgements
I wish to thank the following people who have played important roles in my career:
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My children, Mark, Kimberlie, Michael, Tammy, Rob and Melissa, for standing by me all these years of experimenting with food and businesses. I love you all.
- My father and mother, for allowing me to get an early start in cooking and baking.
- Constance Boardman, for helping me to come into my own.
- All the customers at Beverly ’s Specialty Foods for testing all my new recipes and ideas.
- The many friends that have encouraged me to write this book and have enjoyed the successes and failures of my food preparations.
- Friend, Priscilla Toth for editing the first rough draft.
- Friend, Kate O’Connell for proofreading the first and second proof.
- My Publishers and good friends, Joe and Carol Bruchac for keeping me in line, and for being honest and supportive.
- The people I have worked for and with, who influenced me and perhaps unknowingly contributed to this publication.
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Dedication
