To my brilliant teachers this book is dedicated to PHYLLIS FOGELMAN SUSAN HIRSCHMAN AVA WEISS DICK JACKSON ATHA TEHON AMELIA EDWARDS AMY EHRLICH MIMI KAYDEN REGINA HAYES ROSEMARY SANDBERG
SALT TABLE OF CONTENTS FLOUR Story One COOKING UP A STORM 7 SUGAR Story Two TABLE FOR TWO 35 Story Three SURPRISE PARTY 59
LITTLE CHEFS IN HISTORY At the inauguration dinner of James Madison the fourth president of the United States First Lady Dolley Madison lost control of the kitchen when four hundred guests arrived at midnight The chefs came and saved the feast One of their tiny whisks was left behind It can be viewed to this day as an unknown item near a presidential butter dish in the Smithsonian
