Page 6 - Cupcakes

To my friend Mindy Merrell in Nashville, thank you for your wit and help

with the muffins. To my agent Nancy Crossman, I cannot imagine these projects
without you there in the wings. To Anne Hathaway in Atlanta, thank you for
your cupcake ideas. Thanks also to Amy Baron, who, when this book is
published, will be studying in college. Amy was my intern for a month during
this project, washing dishes, shopping, planning recipes, baking cupcakes, typing
recipes, and offering her two cents. You’re a real foodie, and I hope you pursue a
food career. And to Augusta Cole, another high school student who helped me
with typing recipes at the eleventh hour, I thank you for your dedication in
getting the instructions just right.

For keeping our home life running smoothly, thanks go to Diane Hooper and
Allison Schaffner, who looked after my children and me! Thanks, too, to Julie
Bulger and the St. Luke’s Community House meals program for accepting my

cupcakes and muffins to share with the less fortunate in the neighborhood. To
the Harpeth Hall School Class of 2008 and to the many employees of AmSouth
Bank in downtown Nashville, I offer my heartfelt thanks for gobbling these
cupcakes and offering your constructive feedback. And to my friend Nashville
author John Egerton, I must say thank you for something you mentioned to me