What changes have been made to the original format?
• Mike included a “Broo List” of the various brands of beers that Spenser mentioned. In my reading I noted all references to alcoholic consumption. I figured that a beer at the bar, wine or champagne with dinner, or sips from the office bottle deserved equal attention, so I have included the category Drinks. Since Dr. Parker also carefully noted just about everything our favorite guy ingests I had to include a category I labeled Food. Whether it’s an Italian sub eaten while driving, a sackful of burgers, or an elegantly presented meal I thought they deserved mention. I have seen a lot of talk about a Spenser cookbook over the years and my humble work in progress can be read here. • Mike was in the middle of reformatting the later pages when life distracted him. I liked the spiral notebook theme he had come up with, but converting the rest of the pages to it was far beyond my abilities at that time. I did borrow a nicely done frame structure he had come up with to put the publisher’s re
