Will write for lasagna

A charming title, "Creating a Meal You'll Love: Notable chefs & food writers on their unforgettable dining experiences." The editor, Mark Chimsky-Lustig, approaches some two dozen food writers and chefs, asking them to contribute stories that will raise money for the restaurant industry's charity devoted to ending childhood hunger, Share Our Strength. Earnest, funny, wistful, practical, the essays include contributions by IACP and James Beard winner (Mimi Sheraton), TV star (Jaden Hair of "Steamy Kitchen") and a devotee of New York's vanishing Jewish delis (David Sax).

Seattle's gluten-free superstar Shauna James Ahern signs on and sends in the book's anchor piece, a rewrite from her memoir of meeting (and marrying) the chef who seduced her with (gluten-free) food. And, what do you know, here's Cornichon, with an essay about Mamma Enza's ethereal lasagna at Enza Cucina Siciliana atop Queen Anne, whose praises were sung in these very columns. (That's Enza in the photo.)

"It's a good cause," Cornichon says. "Buy the book."

Creating a Meal You'll Love, Sellers Publishing, $16.95