Issue 50: Summer 2018

#1 – People think we write about food. While this is somewhat true, we are really writing about people. These are generally not the city’s power brokers but rather hard workers, mostly doing so for low pay and without effective healthcare or retirement plans. These are the men and women who make our home cooking and dining so very unique and taste-worthy. They are the champions we celebrate each issue.

#2 – Omnivore, pescatarian, vegetarian, flexitarian, —those are all fine but the approach we are most eager to suggest to our readers is to become a giveashitarian. Becoming one means if you want to eat meat, give thought to where that meat comes from and how the animal was raised. If you want to eat fish, recognize the disgusting reality behind much of the imported seafood and make your choices accordingly. If you want to eat fruit and vegetables, build a deeper awareness of terms like GMO, natural, bee colony collapse, certified organic and miles traveled. It’s a journey, not a destination, given misleading corporate marketing.

#3 – Our advertisers are our partners in this endeavor. We believe, and you tell us, their messages become part of our content, not something to skim over as in many other publications. Support them with your dollars, or we will eventually live in a world with limited choices selected over the cell phone with nameless products arriving on our doorstops without human interaction. Compare that experience to the number of conversations and human connectedness generated at a farmers’ market.

#4 – Digital is good; print is better. Nothing beats holding a high-quality publication in your hand. And magazine covers attract more attention and initiate greater conversations than an iPad sitting on a coffee table.

#5 – It takes a (special) village to produce this magazine. Without naming individuals (I celebrate those on the adjacent page), it is very clear this magazine would not be viable if everyone were paid what they have been worth. I believe we all bring a certain amount of love and passion to our individual roles and somehow, together, every couple months or so a new Edible emerges … one we hope our readers will love as much as the last one.

Publishing since 2010...
Thanks to the following people who have contributed their time and talent to making edible Louisville & the Bluegrass great.

Andy Hyslop, Ann Curtis, Bambi Edlund, Chris Valentine, Christine Brinkman, Chuck Kavanaugh & Doug Adrianson

Erin Heine, Jason Thomas, Jeneen Wiche, Jere Downs, John Rott, Judith Egerton, Julia Clements & Kara Voit

Kaylen Baker, Keith Ashley, K. Petersen, Laurie Rothinghouse, Leslie Friesen, Linda Stahl Finley & Lindsey McClave

Lynn Greene, Mary Berry, Mary Ogle, Meagan Jeanette, Molly Roberson, Norma Taylor, Robin Skula & Ronni Lundy

Sarah Anderson, Sarah Fritschner, Steve Coomes, Steve Makela, Tomese Buthod & Tyrel Kessinger