EDIBLE NORTH CAROLINA: A Journey across a State of Flavor
Edited by Marcie Cohen Ferris
Edible North Carolina documents and shares the vibrant voices and places of North Carolina’s contemporary food movement---an exciting intersection of culinary excellence, creative entrepreneurship, changing populations, historic yet evolving foodways, and a commitment to protect and sustain food resources for generations to come. Twenty new, never-before-published works will be commissioned for this signature collection written by the state and region’s best journalists, farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs, scholars, and food activists. The first volume of its kind to expansively consider the power and reach of North Carolina’s food movement, this book convincingly argues how a vital food system contributes to the economy, attracts new residents, builds tourism, supports sustainable growth, and enhances the region’s image and reputation.
Edible North Carolina begins with a foreword by award-winning chef, restauranteur, writer, and native North Carolinian, Vivian Howard. An opening essay follows by volume editor, Marcie Cohen Ferris, which will introduce the state’s many layered food landscape and discuss how and why a lively food movement has prospered here. Each essay will be accompanied by an original recipe designed for the home cook. The essays will be illustrated by the breathtaking photography of Baxter Miller, a native North Carolinian and talented documentarian of the state’s diverse foodways, landscapes, and cultures.