Our Spring 2019 Issue

As we enter our 15th year publishing, the biggest surprise to me isn’t that we are still putting out a hardcopy magazine (after all, print has been declared dead since the rise of social media!), but that we are still discovering so many new and hidden gems in the Cape’s foodshed. The continuing and growing support for the eat local/shop local movement has encouraged intrepid Cape Codders of all ages and experiences to pick up a pitchfork, a whisk or a recipe and strike out on their own. That includes many of the story subjects in this issue, from the women who bake fabulous concoctions at The Chocolate Rose and the Bashful Tarte, to the mother-son team creating single-source organic chocolates in the tradition of their native Ecuador, to the second-generation farmer at Matt’s Organic Gardens growing seedlings and produce just like his grandfather did. It’s a pleasure to help promote their businesses in our pages.

When a story subject inspires the writer, copy editor and editor in chief to all take action, that’s a real home run. After interviewing Kristie Kapp about Resilient Roots, a non-profit she started a few years ago to promote awareness of permaculture, Larry Egan started ripping up his front lawn to expand his produce garden, Jessie Gunnard is contemplating a consultation on her yard, and I’ve already signed up to work a Permablitz. I’ve admired Kristie’s intelligence and can-do attitude since we met years ago as board members for a local land trust. When she picked up the phone late last fall to tell me about her newest venture, I knew it would be something of interest to our readers. (It’s that simple, folks, pick up the phone and talk to us!)

Likewise, we hope you pick up the phone or, perhaps even better, go to their website, and tell the staff at The Blue Economy Foundation how your business fits into our local economy. I guess Edible Cape Cod qualifies as light blue (not directly dependent on the water for our livelihood), but dark blue businesses inspire many of our stories and certainly many of our recipes. It turns out the ocean has even had a direct impact on how and what we farm on Cape Cod. Veronica Worthington’s article Wrecker’s Garden is full of interesting anecdotes about the treasures that have washed up on our shores after shipwrecks over the centuries. There aren’t a lot of photos to accompany this piece, but consider Veronica and her granddaughter hauling those props to the beach for a photo shoot (and the reaction of anyone else on the beach that day), and it’s sure to make you smile.

Cheers,