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Copyright © 2005 by Elizabeth Castro

Credits

Cover design: The Visual Group with Aren Howell

Cover photo credit: Photodisc

Interior design: Elizabeth Castro

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Dedication

For the Cookwood kids: Louise, Albert, and Katherine

Special thanks to...

Graham Waldon and Biz Stone at Google for their invaluable help with Blogger details, patient answers to my nit-picky questions, and insightful recommendations for improving the book;

Evan Williams, for beginning Blogger and for pointing me to Graham and Biz;

my dear old friend Nancy Bea Miller, who reminded me about blogging just at the perfect moment, inspired me with her wonderful blog (www.genrecookshop.com), and who encouraged me by reading and responding to so many of my blog posts;

Lisa Brazieal and Connie Jeung-Mills at Peachpit Press, who helped shepherd this book through production;

Nancy Davis, my wonderful editor at Peachpit Press, to whom I owe so much;

and to Andreu, who continues to make it possible for me to write books.