Dear Mr. Smith:
I watched your show faithfully beginning in the mid-80s in Texas on
PBS, and there has been none like it since you left the airwaves. Because
of you, I
purchased a cake stand with a pedestal and a pepper mill early on in
setting up my first real kitchen.
Through your influence, our family celebrates foods indigenous to our
area. We are just now putting out tomato plants, practically a religion
in itself here.
Later this summer I'll begin the quest for the perfect roadside stand
to buy cantaloupe and peaches. I always appreciated the fact that you urged
your
audience to prepare the best to share with your family, while other
T.V. cooks suggested that dishes or cuts of meat of lesser quality could
be saved for
those dearest to your heart.
I have even persuaded my dear husband to try stuffed onions with an
Indian flair, and I overcame the embarrassment I felt as a child when my
mother
cooked a pot of pintos whenever she made pizza because of your recipe
for pizza beans!Thank you so much for enriching our lives with your lessons
about
sharing love, friendship and compassion with others by breaking bread
with them. We all miss you dearly.
Peace be with you.
- Karen D. Hill
Inman, South Carolina