DK would like to thank

John Friend for proofreading and Anna Sander for additional help with translation.

Julia Hildebrand thanks Motel A Miio, Rosenthal, and Serax for providing pottery, porcelain, and cooking utensils.

Picture credits

The publisher thanks the following individuals and organisations for their kind permission to print these photographs:

123RF.com: antimo andriani (pulses); handmadepictures (raspberries); tevarak11 (herbs); Rodica Ciorba (cauliflower); Brent Hofacker (grains, kale); iStockphoto.com: FotografiaBasica (apples). Dreamstime.com: Goncharuk Maksym (cucumber). Dreamstime.com: Tomboy2290 (lettuce). Dreamstime.com: Goncharuk Maksym (cucumber). 123RF.com: Baiba Opule. 123RF.com: antimo andriani (pulses); Rodica Ciorba (cauliflower); Brent Hofacker (grains, kale); tevarak11 (herbs). iStockphoto.com: FotografiaBasica. 123RF.com: Brent Hofacker. 123RF.com: Rodica Ciorba. 123RF.com: Brent Hofacker. 123RF.com: antimo andriani. 123RF.com: tevarak11. 123RF.com: handmadepictures.

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