11.   Before she writes a book, she tries to determine what questions the prospective reader would like answered.

12.   -- A Fort Worth reader would like a recipe for carrot bread.

13.   -- Another reader would like the recipe for ambrosia cake.

14.   -- Another reader would like a recipe for an English tea cake she ate in California several years ago.

15.   A Fort Worth reader would like a recipe for white chocolate cheesecake for the holdiays.

16.   A Fort Worth reader would like to find a starter recipe for sourdough bread made with instant potatoes.

17.   A Fort Worth reader would like a recipe for chewy-chocolate walnut cookies like those served at a number of area Starbucks coffeeshops.

18.   A Granbury, Texas, reader would like a recipe for both the pickled wieners and pickled eggs that used to be standard in Texas roadhouses.

19.   A Hurst, Texas, reader would like a recipe for deviled crab.

20.   A reader would like a recipe for crispy fried chicken using cornmeal and flour.