Good News I heard from my publisher the other day that "Stella's Kitchen" was just awarded "Best Cookbook of 2003" by the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. It feels really good inside to see its existence spread basically by word of mouth endorsement/recommendation from people who like and USE the cookbook instead of finding it something that is better for a bookshelf. The most flattering thing possible would be for me to see it laying in someone's kitchen with worn pages that are kind of smudged with accidental ingredient mishaps.