Yarnell - Glorious one-pot meals: a revolutionary new quick and healthy approach to Dutch-oven cooking

This cookbook is a credit to a true grassroots effort.

John and Jesse Cahill gave my husband and me our first enameled cast-iron Dutch oven as a wedding gift. Our thought then was, Oh, how cute. How do we use it? Good friend Corinne Snyder commented to me that we ate really well and asked me to teach her how to cook like we did, sparking the first draft of Glorious One-Pot Meals. My in-laws, including Judy and Tony Cope, Peter and Leslie Cope, John and Stephanie Donohue, and Andrew and Lisa Cope, became de facto recipe testers. My aunt, Jane Cotler, was my tireless cheerleader, recipe tester, and draft editor. My cousin Emily Cotler builds all of my gorgeous Web sites, designed the logo, and has always dropped everything else to help me make this happen. My cousin Abi Bowling is my Web guru and valuable tech support service, and cousin Julie Pottinger my role model for succeeding as an author.

My wonderful MS support group based in southeast Denver and headed by Connie Harris became early recipe testers. Jennifer Gennaro told me she believed that I got MS in order to invent this new cooking method and help the world eat better. My Bodyshops Toastmasters group cheered me on and gave me the confidence and skills to speak in public. Rocky Mountain PBS invited me to demonstrate a recipe in their 2001 Cookathon, and then reran it numerous times, giving me my first television exposure.

Sally Stich, the best writing teacher I will ever have, Leslie Petrovski, and Lara Riscol all edited my early manuscript and book proposal as I set out to find an agent and a publisher. Susan Stevens of The Seasoned Chef Cooking School not only allowed me to teach but also gave me targeted feedback on both my recipe writing and my teaching style. My patent attorney, Henry L. Smith, Jr., took my five pages of gibberish and turned it into a twenty-five-page patent (U.S. no. 6,846,504, Canada no. 2,401,092), making me a bona fide inventor.

If it werent for the vision of my agent, Stacey Glick, and my talented editor, Jennifer Josephy, you wouldnt be holding this edition in your hands today.

My mother, Susan Rutherford, and stepfather, Phil Stietenroth, tested numerous recipes, took my professional photographs and early videos, loaned me money to get my business going, and believed in me even when I didnt. My father and stepmother, Phil and Barbara Yarnell, helped to fund my first print run, contributed recipes, and encouraged me to pursue my dreams. My sister Molly Skyar urged me to grab for the brass ring even when I thought it was futile. My sister Katie Yarnell provided babysitting that allowed me to make this book happen, and my brother, Jared Yarnell, dared me to succeed.

Finally, I acknowledge my beautiful children, Jeremy and Lilia Cope, who through their very existence encourage me to seek a healthy lifestyle. And last but not least, I thank my husband, Edward Cope, whose support has never waivered. Without my partner, my best friend, my lover, my soul mate, none of this would have happened. I am very lucky indeed.