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Boisard, Pierre. Camembert: A National Myth. Berkeley: University of California, 2003.

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Culture: The Word on Cheese. Terrific quarterly magazine covering the art and science of cheese making and occasionally other fermented foods as well.

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On the Microbiology of Cheese

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On Disgust

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On Alcohol and Intoxication

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Acknowledgments

Cooked is the story of my education, so I want first to thank all my extraordinary teachers, for their generosity and patience as much as for their knowledge.

In the arts of cooking with fire, I was privileged to learn from a great pit master, Ed Mitch.e.l.l. But I had tutorials with several other masters of smoke and want to thank Francis Mallmann for several inspiring sessions in Texas, Alice Waters for sharing her pa.s.sion for the grill (and her restless flipping technique), and Bittor Arguinonez for admitting me into the sanctuary of his kitchen. I also learned a lot about grilling from Jack Hitt, Mike Emmanuel, and Chuck Adams. Thanks too to Lisa Abend, for her guidance, translation, and good company in Spain, and to Dan Barber for encouraging me to go there in the first place. John T. Edge, at the Southern Foodways Alliance, could not have been more generous with his knowledge and contacts in the barbecue world. Thanks also to Joe Nick Patoski for a memorable introduction to the cuisine that Texans call barbecue, to Greg Hatem for his hospitality in North Carolina, Peter Kaminsky for his insights into both barbecue and pigs, and to "Kitchen Sister" Davia Nelson, for her leads and generosity.

Not only this chapter, but the entire book owes a tremendous debt to Richard Wrangham, for his pathbreaking writings on how cooking made us human, which I've drawn on throughout, and for taking the time to educate me about the "cooking hypothesis."

In learning about cooking in pots (which is to say "cooking," as the term is generally understood), I could not have done better than to apprentice myself to Samin Nosrat, who, besides being a great cook, turns out to be a brilliant teacher as well. Her contribution to this project extends far beyond the dishes and lessons she taught me; she also introduced me to grillers and bakers and fermenters, and was a continual source of timely advice, good company, and general inspiration. Amaryll Schwertner also welcomed me into her kitchen at Boulette's Larder and gave me a valuable lesson on braising, as well as the importance of even the most minor ingredient. Sylvan Mishima Brackett generously taught me how to make the magic water known as dashi. A bit further from the stove, Harry Balzer at the market research firm NPD gave me a graduate education in how Americans eat and think about food. Mark Kurlansky deepened my appreciation for salt, Jerry Bertrand for flavor, Richard Wilk for ritual. My exchanges with, and readings of, Joan Dye Gussow and Janet Flammang proved crucial as I navigated the treacherous waters of gender in the kitchen.