What is an Edible Book? Festival? Wha?

An Edible Book can look like a book, pun on a title, refer to a character, or just have something to do with books-- whatever the inspiration, it must be edible.
Think---> The Unbearable Lightness of Bean and Alice in Wonderbread and Catcher in the Rye and The Lovely Bones and Dictionary.

The festival works like this -

1. YOU come up with an Edible Book entry (or entries) and tell all your friends about it and then they'll want to make one too.
   
2. Register your name & contact info & Edible Book title with us - ASAP!
   
3. Noon to 1:00 pm, Saturday, April 4, 2009, bring your entry to the Good Shepherd Center , 4649 Sunnyside Ave North.
   
4. We will check you off the list, compliment you on your wit & creativity, arrange and photograph your entry (entries).
   
5. 1:00 to 2:00, many many people (other entrants and admirers) will admire them.
6. 2:00 to 2:30, Celebrity Judges will award prizes.
7. 2:30 to 3:30, we will ingest literary culture together (ie eat them).
   

• Admission is FREE with an entry.
  
• If you are coming without an entry, it's only a $10 donation .
  Come around 1:00 for best viewing and eating.
  
• Join our email list at frybooks at gmail dot com

Also - if you are interpreting a particular book - bring a copy of it and it will be displayed next to your masterpiece.

The International Edible Book Festival is a yearly event that takes place on or around April 1 throughout the world --- inviting bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers to celebrate the ingestion of culture and its fulfilling nourishment. It is in honor of the birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. Also known for saying "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are" used on Iron Chef.

The 2009 Seattle Edible Book Festival is a fundraiser for the fabulous Seattle Center for Book Arts. We'll have information about book arts and classes, and wonderful little things to buy and gorgeous donation pitchers for you to fill with love and dough (the monetary kind).

For edible book ideas & inspiration, see Seattle's past entries and visit the International Edible Book Festival.