Edible Seattle - A Farmers Version of OK! Magazine

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August 12, 2:09 PM

by Patricia DiGiacomo Eddy, Seattle Cook Local Examiner

 

 

Edible Seattle provides recipes for all of the farmers market bounty

I want farmers to be as famous as rock stars.

Well, the local farmers are definitely the rock stars of my world. I've interviewed them, talked beets and plants, and have watched the farmers markets grow from small neighborhood events to major social events packed with so many people that some of the markets have had to move to accomodate the influx of shoppers.

Edible Seattle is a great magazine for anyone interested in cooking local. They have a nice mixture of recipes and articles. While a few of the articles read like advertising, it is a fairly subtle advertising (and there are also plenty of articles that don't read that way as well). You can find information about local food news, including legislation that is coming up for a vote, and such things as new book releases. The Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook that I've been so enamored with as of late got a nice write up in the first issue.

I really enjoy the articles that focus on individual ingredients or individual farms. There are at least a dozen recipes in each issue that follow the same sort of general rule as I do when cooking. Try to keep things as local as possible, but realize that the occasional non-local ingredient can really enhance a dish.

As far as magazines go, Edible Seattle isn't cheap. At the grocery store it's $4.99 an issue. Oddly at first, a subscription costs more than that - $28 for 4 issues. However, if you subscribe, Edible Seattle will donate the extra $8 to one of three local organizations: Farestart, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, or Lettuce Link.

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