Started in Ojai, California, the Edible Community has spread across the US, and now Canada. A magazine dedicated to local, sustainable, delectable fare.
When Gail Gordon-Oliver contacted me this past summer (thanks in part to the Edible Nutmeg editor) for a new writing gig, I had no idea that Edible Toronto would join the fold of a much larger and established family. Edible Toronto is the first Canadian magazine to join the Edible community, started by Carole Topalian and her partner Tracey Rider. The New York Times even recently covered this growing Edible empire in a piece entitled "How to Eat (and Read) Close to Home."
Culinary educator and consultant Gordon-Oliver, and now publisher of the magazine took on this impressive labour of love and gathered freelance writers, farmers and even a few activists to join the ranks. The first issue, just released throughout the Golden Horseshoe (up to Collingwood, over to Cobourg, down to the Niagara Region) features folks like farmer Steve Martin and Cooktown Green's own David Cohlmeyer. Yours truly has a piece or two in this issue - the first entitled, To Market To Market looks at the Liberty Village Market over a few weeks in order to gauge what it's like to buy food that is truly local and seasonal. The second profiles Chef Winlai Wong- one of the city's women Executive Chefs who comes by her love of food thanks to her father who was a chef himself.
Gordon-Oliver also offers readers a spate of healthy (or healthful as they say in writing circles) seasonal recipes using local bounty and best of all, she tests them herself to ensure you get tasty results at home. The magazine is available at numerous farmer's markets, health food shops (Whole Foods, The Big Carrot) and stores (The Cookbook Store) with numerous other locations to be announced. Check the Edible Toronto Website for more information! Happy reading and happy eating!
