Gaffney - Cook for your life: delicious, nourishing recipes for before, during, and after cancer treatment

Getting this book together has been an amazing experience that could not have happened without not just a little, but a lot of help from my friends.

First of all, I would like to thank the Cook for Your Life team: my fabulous board chair, Nancy Rutter Clark, whose friendship, support, and belief in our mission have helped bring CFYL to where it is today; my friend Bruce Crouch, CFYLs first benefactor, who loaned me his kitchen, gave me his time, and shared his love of cooking with me to help with the initial testing of my recipe ideas; Chelsea Fisher, my right-hand woman, whose creativity, palate, organizational skills, and knowledge of CFYLs DNA were crucial in helping me pull all the threads of this book together; Joe Gaffney, my darling husband and amazing photographer, who put up with not only me throughout the whole process (he deserves sainthood) but with talented chef and food stylist extraordinaire Mariko Makino, who created the beautiful images in this book on our dining room tablethank you both from the bottom of my heart; Ty Donald, who helped us get the manuscript ready, and Angie Marin, whose support on CFYLs teaching side gave me the space to get the book finished. Thank you.

To the others who gave their valuable time to this book: Alex Rothwell, RD, CSO, CDN, who read through each recipe to verify its nutrition info; Anne Wright, who edited the recipes to make sure they were ready for the publisher; and Dr. Stewart Fleischman, an early believer in CFYL, who wrote the wonderful foreword. Thank you. Thank you.

This list would not be complete without my wonderful editor, Lucia Watson, who helped me every step of the way.

And very special thanks to my agent, Judy Linden, whose relentless belief in this book made me a believer, too.

The recipes in a cookbook have to work. A shout-out to friends across the country who took the time to test the raw recipes in their home kitchens so we could work out any kinksAlexis Quinlan: your baking prowess rules. Ed Machado: the best notes! Spider Fawke: Id wait impatiently each morning for your snaps of the food and your comments. Janet Waddell: The girl who doesnt cook cooked! Mark Welsh and James Salaiz: I loved how you two just jumped into that cake. Dr. Heather Greenlee: my partner in crime at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health who found time to try things out for us. Sam Osborn, who, with Chelsea Fisher, tested the recipes on their unsuspecting friends. Katie Fisher: queen of all things spicy. Gaby Longhi Chautin: my fish wrangler. Susan Morningstar: beet dominatrix. And not forgetting Ty Donald, Angie Marin, Joe Fazio, and Chef Seppo Ed Farrey. Last but not least, Dr. Jon Deutsch of Drexel University and his team at the Food Lab led by Ally Zeitz. Thank you all.

And to my friends, family, and colleagues whose friendship, love, and encouragement have helped me along the CFYL way: Gaye Sandler and Roger Miller; Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler; Louise Crandall; Jenny Capitain; John Bird; Esther Trepal, RN, MS, CDN; Bridget Bennett, MS, RD; Robert Forrest; Harlan Bratcher and Toby Usnik; Cydney Cort; Clive Rigby; Chris Spencer and Kim Swink; Letty Simon; Suleika Jaouad; John Rossi; Colleen Roche; Seigan Ed Glassing; Delphine Blue; Kerry Warn; Freddie Lieba; Ellen Scordato; Dr. Martha Eddy; Stephen Malamud, MD; Stefanie Saks, MS, CNS, CDN; Robin Osler and Bruce Matthews; James Morales; Karen Hibma; Edward Sherman; Becky Klein, Keith Klein, Sarah Bird; Billy Kent; Ruth Fehr; Chris Dewey; Robert Shepherd; Governor Christie Whitman; Richard and Jane Ogden; Frank and Katie Ogden; Johnny OGreen; Dr. Susan Teeger; Rodrigue Le Van Hyunh; Johnno Duplessis; Chef Naxielly Dominguez; Chef Dylana Degannes; Owen Edwards; and last the CFYL board: Your guidance and unwavering support have been invaluable to me.