Selma Brown Morrow, who lives in Los Angeles, was a food editor at Bon Appétit magazine for 20 years. She wrote Potato, a single-subject volume for Williams-Sonoma in 2002. Known affectionately as “The Kitchen Bully” for her high standards and attention to detail, she is a freelance recipe developer, writer, and consultant to restaurants, TV celebrity chefs, and numerous publications. She can be reached at [email protected].

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