Andrea Swenson - Gifts from the Kitchen For Dummies

by Andrea B. Swenson

Gifts from the Kitchen For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2002110294

ISBN: 0-7645-5452-2

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About the Author

Andrea B. Swenson has been a food stylist, recipe developer, and consultant in New York City for 24 years. Her work has lured you to buy Wendys hamburgers, snatch Aunt Jemima Pancake mix off the shelf, and rip open a bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies. She has cooked and arranged every imaginable food for most of the major food companies and such magazines as Food and Wine,McCalls,Womans Day,Newsweek,Prevention,Playboy,Chocolatier, and Bon Appetit. She has been a guest lecturer at The New School for Social Research. Andrea enjoyed nationwide acclaim when a feature article about her appeared in Life magazine and when she was headlined in a special segment on Good Morning America.

Dedication

To Farmor. Tack s mycket.

Authors Acknowledgments

Less than halfway through this book, I knew that I couldnt wait to write this page. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a family and friends to write a book. So here is my gift to everyone who was part this endeavor.

To Grace Freedson, my agent, for your total confidence.

To the dedicated and crackerjack staff at the Dummies group, from Erin Connell who launched me; to Pamela Mourouzis, Tina Sims, Christine Beck, Elizabeth Kuball, Emily Nolan, the recipe tester; to the marketing and publicity departments; and especially to Norm Crampton, for his delicious humor and sense of style.

To the talented photography team: David Bishop, photographer; Brett Kurzweil, food stylist; and Randi Barritt, prop stylist.

To all the food boards and councils that tirelessly answered my questions. And to Gert Trani, the wonderful head librarian at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America!).

To Elizabeth Fassberg and Karen Hatt for sharing all their food knowledge.

To all my friends who generously offered me their kitchens when mine was under construction. And especially to Barbara Thanhauser who could not find enough ways to help me.

To Elsie and Seymour, my in-laws, for their infectious cheerfulness and for introducing me to mandelbrot.

To Daddy for your loving words and support from afar (it did work out after all!).

To Tom, who crafted kind words.

To Rob and George, my ever-willing tasters.

To Lori, who helped keep my mental hygiene.

To Rhona, who showed me how to speak the speech.

But most of all, to Jeff, my husband, who questioned, tasted, challenged, provoked, listened, proofed, comforted, washed, dried, encouraged, schlepped... and prevented me from being twee.

Thank you one and all.

Publishers Acknowledgments

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Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following:

Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development

Project Editor: Norm Crampton

Acquisitions Editor: Pam Mourouzis

Senior Copy Editor: Tina Sims

Technical Editor: Lori Fox

Recipe Tester: Emily Nolan

Illustrator: Elizabeth Kurtzman

Photographer: David Bishop

Food Stylist: Brett Kurzweil

Prop Stylist: Randi Barritt

Photography Art Director: Michele Laseau

Editorial Manager: Christine Beck

Editorial Assistant: Melissa Bennett

Cover Photos: David Bishop

Author Photo: Jeffrey A. Silverbush

Production

Project Coordinator: Maridee Ennis

Layout and Graphics: Joyce Haughey, Barry Offringa, Brent Savage, Jacque Schneider, Julie Trippetti, Jeremey Unger, Erin Zeltner

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