This cookbook is both inspired by and dedicated to my mother, Kathy McClellan. Although she didnÕt always use recipes, I used to help out in the kitchen, and with my wifeÕs help, IÕve tried my best to reproduce many of her signature dishes. Several of my great-grandmotherÕs recipes are included as well. In fact, quite a few are typical of the DonauschwŠbische region where she was born (Klek, Banat)...John A. McClellan