Rise

Last Updated March 12, 2021
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Spring 2021 Print Issue

edible Indy magazine cover - Spring 2021

HOOSIER THOUGHTS
 

Jennifer RubensteinIt has been one year since our last stand-alone issue, where we talked about bringing dinner and cocktail parties back into our planners for 2020. And then everything changed around us, around the world. What we have learned during this past year is that we are stronger together than apart, that hate is no longer tolerated on any level, that our loved ones are even more precious and that we are more vulnerable as a society.

Theming this issue “RISE” came naturally. In the stories we’ve been collecting during the past year we have found the word rise to be prominent—from our community embracing a more diverse culture to the rise of our beloved industry entrepreneurs finding sobriety. We celebrate the rising of some of our favorite seasonal treats such as morel mushrooms, asparagus and ramps, and we have fun discussing the smells that arise from certain foods, and what to do about it.

We also challenged ourselves to “rise up” this publication with the addition of our friend and colleague Francine Spiering as our new managing editor. Spiering is superiorly talented and we are honored to share the spotlight with her. I am also super excited to have my brilliant cousin Meg Petersen as the illustrative artist for our cover, bringing home how important our “family” truly is to me. While 2020 was brutal on so many fronts, we are encouraged by the pivots being made throughout our community and within ourselves. May we all find 2021 to be a time when we can all rise and bloom. We hope you enjoy the new Edible Indy 2.0.

Hoosier Hugs, 
Jennifer Rubenstein, 
Editor in Chief

From the Editor
 

Francine SpieringCan I confess something? I have never been to Indiana. Not physically, anyway. In spirit, of course, I became a fan of the Hoosier State from the very first time I met Jennifer Rubenstein. The bubbly redhead had me hooked on all things Indy simply by talking about them. She shares such passion for her Edible region that it was a no-brainer to tell her yes when she asked me to be her managing editor.

In the Edible community, many of us nailed “remote working” well before the pandemic hit. For instance, I am quite used to working with our copy editor Doug Adrianson, who lives in California and runs his scrutinizing eyeballs over copy for dozens of the Edible publications. He gets what we’re doing, keeps our style in check and chips in with useful suggestions as if he were sitting right next to me. Reaching across the continent, working with like-minded people in other states—be that on content or design—makes that feeling of being part of the nationwide Edible community even stronger. Still, it doesn’t mean I don’t long to discover Indy up close and in person. Quite the opposite, in fact.

This spring alone I want to get dirty digging for those garlicky ramps. I want to join in a hunt for fresh morels. And then I want to go into Jennifer’s kitchen and chat while we nibble on her fried morels and pickled ramps. I already have the recipe—and now, with this issue, so do you.

Warmest, 
Francine Spiering, 
Managing Editor

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