Fragments of my journals, thumbed pages of cookbooks, and extra places around the table are memories not to be forgotten. The best times have been meeting and writing about people who never make the national headlines but are the heart and soul of their families and communities. The pleasure of putting words to paper, freedom to explore, revisit, and enjoy, finding open doors and invitations to meals where strangers became friends: Montana ranchers and around the tables in their cookhouses, "running away" with performers and families backstage at Circus Flora, a historic adobe house where meals were prepared outside, a sailboat galley on the blue Caribbean waters, and the countryside that treasures home territory and much more. The memories are worth sharing. Among the finest rewards were the shared foods from many regions, dinner conversations that last until candles burn low, and returning home with recipes that bring life to each chapter.
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