Oh my! Thanks so much to all of you for your enthusiasm and feedback. It has been such a pleasure for us to get this magazine going, and it is so gratifying to see that our work is being appreciated. Melissa, thanks especially to you for introducing the gastronomes here at eGullet to Gastronomic Meditations. We've just launched our July issue, along with our new discussion forums, so this should prove to be quite an adventure! Since my Executive Chef is as manic about the aesthetic pleasures of food as I am (and as you all seem to be), I have encouraged her to join me here so we can share in the delights of the palate with the rest of you. I'm really looking forward to it. :) Jennifer