Showing posts with label edible books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label edible books. Show all posts

Call for Culinary Creations for the Annual Edible Book Festival

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Gwen Ott - Diary of a Wimpy Squid - Old Pool

Readers, start your ovens! It’s time for the Edible Book Festival, a consumable art exhibition featuring “books” made of food that are displayed, documented, and then devoured. 

Do you have an idea for a mouthwatering manuscript? A succulent storybook? A “punny” take on a literary favorite? Then register your edible book on the Arts Council website by Thursday, March 30th and whip up something to tickle our tastebuds (and maybe our funny bones) during the Edible Book Festival at Third Place Commons on Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Karen Thielke - Harold and the Purple Crayon
 
Your creation should be inspired by a book, or pun on a book title, and made out of edible ingredients—sweet or savory. It may look like a book, tablet, or scroll... or be completely unique. It’s free to participate and you’ll be eligible to win fabulous prizes from Third Place Books!

Check out some previous entries for inspiration!

Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Edible Books Festival
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Third Place Commons

17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park 98155



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Start your ovens for the 5th Annual Incredible Edible Book Festival

Monday, March 20, 2017

It’s not an April Fool, It’s the 5th Annual Incredible Edible Book Festival!

Readers, start your ovens.

Join us on April 1st, at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park Town Center, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way.

Create an “Edible Book” inspired by a book, but constructed of edible ingredients. Entries can be savory or sweet, just make sure they tickle the taste buds (and maybe the funny bone!)


The crowd munches on the entries

The Edible Books are displayed (along with the book that inspired them), photographed, judged, and then EATEN (with coffee and punch) by the participants and on-lookers. Prizes are donated by Third Place Books.

It’s free to participate and you’ll be eligible to win fabulous prizes from Third Place Books. K-12 grade participants are particularly welcome.

This is a free, all ages event and books will be judged in the following categories:

  1. Most PUNderful
  2. Looks like and/or functions like a real book
  3. Most delectably appetizing
  4. Special judges award
  5. People’s choice award
Ernest Hemmingway's The Old Man and the Sea


Please bring a copy of the book that inspired your entry and a serving utensil.

Register your Edible Book Creations by Thursday, March 30 so we can plan the space to display all of your creations and make check-in easier.

Running late? Show up with your creation between 10:45 and 11:00am on April 1st.

Timeline for the Edible Book Festival – April 1, 2017

10:45 Check in
11:00 – 12:00 Photography
12:00 – 1:00 Judging, viewing and voting for the Peoples’ Choice Award. (If you want to come and view the books without submitting an entry, please come at this time).
1:00 – 1:15 Tallying
1:15 Prizes Awarded
1:30 Consume the Edible Books
2:00 Cleanup

We can’t wait to see what you cook up this year!



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Are You There Cod? It’s Me, Margarita - The incredible Edible Book Festival

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Ellie Patterson "Pear Wants S’more"

Text by Pam Thompson, Photos by Bob Pfeiffer

What event had people of all ages exclaiming over creative entries, puns, literary interpretations, humor and good taste? Why of course it was another incredible edible - the 4th Annual Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Edible Book Festival.

This year there were 41 entries comprised of 28 Adult and 13 K-12 interpretations of literary tomes. 202 people voted for their favorite entry – The People’s Choice Award.

Kali Esancy "20,000 Leeks Under the Sea"

Thirty prizes were awarded in front of a large crowd of hungry hordes. It was estimated that approximately 300 people came to admire and exclaim over the creative entries.

Many thanks to Third Place Commons for the use of their space, Third Place Books for the ten first place prizes, Friends of the Lake Forest Park Library for a terrific book selection for prize-winners, our wonderful judges - Patricia Byrnes, Scott Davis, Susan Jones and Kalee Shearer.

Hana Butler "Escape From Mr. Lemon Jello’s Library"

A big thank you to the Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Arts Council for their support and Edible Book Festival “swag” (tea towels and aprons silk-screened with the Edible Book Festival Logo). Look for them at the Arts Council Gallery at Lake Forest Park Town Center. A special thank you to all the wonderful friends and volunteers who made this event go smoothly.

After prizes were awarded, everyone was invited to devour the books. It was an unforgettable and delicious time.

Anjala Berryman "Starry Sliver of a Pie"

Do you want to do more than eat your words?

Mark your calendar for next year’s festival which will be held on Saturday, April 1, the actual birth date of of French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. It was in his honor that the International Edible Book Festival was begun in 2000. Start planning now for your entry for next year. Each year is better than the last.

Would you like to improve next year’s event? Email your suggestions for prize categories. 

Bennett Haselton "Are You There Cod? It’s Me, Margarita"

Drum roll please! Here are the 2016 Winners

PUNderful

Adult
  • 1st Place Bennett Haselton Are You There Cod? It’s Me, Margarita
  • 2nd Place Kali Esancy 20,000 Leeks Under the Sea
  • 3rd David C. Atlas Slugged
K-12
  • 1st Place Ellie Patterson Pear Wants S’more
  • 2nd Place Hana Butler Escape From Mr. Lemon Jello’s Library
  • 3rd Place Anjala Berryman Starry Sliver of a Pie
David C. "Atlas Slugged"


Best Visual Presentation

Adult
  • 1st Place Norma Middleton Bird By Bird
  • 2nd Place Doug Subcleff Tibetan Peach Pie
  • 3rd Place Carla Fisher Cheerios of Fire
K-12
  • 1st Place Alex Gonzalez The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • 2nd Place Theo Morehead Big Bait Strikes Again
  • 3rd Place Emma Markwardt Mr. Popcorn’s Peepquin
Jen Wilkinson "Green Legs of Spam"

Most Creative Use of Ingredients

Adult
  • 1st Place Jan Fahey Words on Birds
  • 2nd Place Scott Shiebler Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
  • 3rd Place Lynne Wilson It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
K-12
  • 1st Place Kiran Berryman Go Hotdog Go 
  • 2nd Place Sarah and Katherine Haycox The Wonton and Only Drive In
  • 3rd Place Eva and Sophie Katsilometes Skippy Jon Scones
Herb Bryce "The Old Man and the C"


Special Judges Award

Adult
  • 1st Place Jamie Untz Portrait of a Lady(finger)
  • 2nd Place Herb Bryce The Old Man and the C 
  • 3rd Place Jen Wilkinson Green Legs of Spam
K-12
  • 1st Place Isaac Liljegren Two Little Savages
  • 2nd Place Madelyn Sololowski The Lightning Beef
  • 3rd Place Naomi Butler Ever After Pie
Kiran Berryman "Go Hotdog Go"


People’s Choice Award

Adult
  • 1st David C. Atlas Slugged
  • 2nd Herb Bryce The Old Man and the C
  • 3rd Bennett Haselton Are You There Cod? It’s Me Margarita
K-12
  • 1st Ellie Patterson Pear Wants S’more
  • 2nd and 3rd place tie
    • Sarah and Katherine Haycox The Wonton and Only Drive In
    • Kiran Berryman Go Hotdog Go 

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council was primary sponsor of the 4th Edible Books Festival, with Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park as sponsor and venue location.



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Call for Culinary Creations for the 4th annual Edible Book Festival

Monday, March 28, 2016

The Satanic Purses
Entry from Pam Thompson 2013

The Shoreline and Lake Forest Park Edible Books Festival is being held Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Third Place Commons 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 98155.

Readers, start your ovens! It’s time for the Edible Book Festival, a consumable art exhibition featuring “books” made of food that are displayed, documented, and then devoured.

Do you have an idea for a mouthwatering manuscript? A succulent storybook? A “punny” take on a literary favorite? Then register your edible book on the Arts Council website by Thursday, March 31 and whip up something to tickle our tastebuds (and maybe our funny bones) during the Edible Book Festival at Third Place Commons on Saturday, April 2.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brainna Cotta
2013 Entry from Cindy Englehart

Your creation should be inspired by a book, or pun on a book title, and made out of edible ingredients sweet or savory. It may look like a book, tablet, or scroll, or be completely unique. Check out the Books 2 Eat website for inspiration.

It’s free to participate and you’ll be eligible to win fabulous prizes from Third Place Books. K-12 grade participants are particularly welcome.

This is a free, all ages event and books will be judged in the following categories:
  • Most PUNderful
  • Best Visual Presentation
  • Most Creative Use of Ingredients
  • Special Judge’s Award
  • People’s Choice Award
Entries will be judged in two age brackets: Adult and K-12.
Everyone present can vote for the People’s Choice Award. 

Schedule:
  • 11:00am – Check in. Bring your creation (along with the book that was your inspiration) and appropriate serving utensils to Third Place Commons.
  • 12:00pm – Judging, viewing, and documentation. If you want to come and view the books without submitting an entry, please come at this time. This is also the time to submit your vote for the People’s Choice Award.
  • 1:00pm – All ballots handed in.
  • 1:15pm – Prizes awarded.
  • 1:30pm – Consume the edible books. (with PUNch and coffee)

Event partners, Friends of Third Place Commons and Third Place Books, are donating the incredible prizes.



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Grab your apron and start your oven - it's the Edible Book Festival

Monday, March 14, 2016

Mosquito Toash
Creation by Jon Fahey

The Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Arts Council is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Edible Book Festival on Saturday, April 2nd at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park.

Get inspired by a book and prepare to create it out of edible ingredients. Bring the book that inspired you, your edible creation and a serving utensil.

This event is FREE for all ages and we would love to see what YOU create!

Register your delectable literary creation at  by March 28. Last minute entries will be accepted as long as they arrive before judging begins.

This is an all ages event and K-12 and Adults will be judged in all categories:
  • Most PUNderful
  • Best Visual Presentation
  • Most Creative Use of Ingredients
  • Special Judge’s Award
  • People’s Choice Award (voted by all present) 

11:00 – Check in. Bring your creation (along with the book that was your inspiration) and appropriate serving utensils to Third Place Commons.
12:00pm – Judging, viewing, and documentation.

If you want to come and view the books without submitting an entry, please come at this time. This is also the time to submit your vote for the People’s Choice Award!

1:00pm – All ballots handed in.
1:15pm – Prizes awarded! Did we say that there are more prizes for all ages this year?
1:30pm – CONSUME THE EDIBLE BOOKS! (with punch and coffee)


Thank you to the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Third Place Books, Third Place Commons, Our esteemed judges and you for taking pART!



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Readers - start your ovens - Edible Book Festival March 28 at Third Place Commons

Wednesday, March 18, 2015


The Edible Book Festival is back and FREE for all ages!

Readers: Start your ovens! As part of the International Edible Book Festival the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council will be hosting a local Edible Book Festival at Third Place Commons located within the Town Center at Lake Forest Park.

Bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers will unite to create edible books that are exhibited, documented and then consumed! Edible books are made of food and inspired by a book or pun on a book title. 

Photo by Bob Pfeiffer

This March 28 event will be held from 11am – 2pm, and is free and open to the public. Come out and enjoy these mouthwatering manuscripts, or brave your aprons to create your own succulent storybook.  Get inspired at Books To Eat webpage. Your creation should be inspired by a book, but made out of edible ingredients. It may look like a book, tablet or scroll, or be completely unique. Entries may be sweet or savory.

This is an all ages event with judging categories for the following age groups: K-6 grade, 7-12 grade, and adult. Register the title of your creation here before March 24 with your Name - Age/level - Title of your Edible Book.

Books will be judged in the following categories for adults

  1. Most Appetizing
  2. Most PUNderful
  3. Best Visual Presentation
  4. Least Likely to be Consumed
  5. Special Judges Award
  6. People’s Choice Award

Photo by Bob Pfeiffer

Grades K-6 and 7th-12th will both be judged for the Best Edible Artist in their age group. Everyone present can vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Schedule of events:
  • 11:00 am – Check in. Bring your creation (along with the book that was your inspiration) and appropriate serving utensils to Third Place Commons.
  • 12:00 pm – Judging, Viewing, and Documenting. If you want to come and view the books without submitting an entry, please come at this time. This is also the time for judging and People’s Choice judging!
  • 1:00 pm – All ballots handed in.
  • 1:15 pm – Prizes awarded!
  • 1:30 pm – ALL EDIBLE BOOKS WILL BE CONSUMED! (with punch and coffee)

Photo by Bob Pfeiffer


Many thanks to our partners, Friends of Third Place Commons and Third Place Books, for the donation of prizes.

Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Edible Book Festival
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:00am
Third Place Commons
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA  98155

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate creativity and inspire our community through the arts.



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Over 200 people devoured good books at the Edible Book Festival

Monday, April 7, 2014

Joy Luck Club Sandwiches
What an Incredible Edible Book Festival!

Thank you to everyone who participated this year in the Edible Book Festival at Third Place Commons. It was truly amazing to see and taste the creativity that was shown there. Here is a link to the photos.

Brittle House on the Berry

If you did not come this year, you can see what you missed. We thank Bob Pfeiffer for the delectable photographs, Fred Wong for emceeing and Lorie Hoffman for having the apron screen printing station this year which added so much to the fun.

Rising Sons

We had 200 ballots for the People's Choice Award and we had to make more. What a crowd! It is not too early to start a list of your ideas for next year!


Thank you for taking pART!
Pam Thompson, Edible Book Festival Coordinator


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Deadline for Edible Books extended - be part of the fun

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Edible Book Festival is a fun competition
Bring your creation to Third Place Commons Saturday

The deadline for registration for the Edible Food Festival has been extended to Thursday - but actually, you can just show up.

The Edible Book Festival, this Saturday at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park, is all about fun, food, literacy - and quite a few puns.

Bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers are uniting to create edible books that are exhibited, documented, and then consumed! Edible books are made of food and inspired by a book or pun on a book title.

How about Goodnight Moon? That would be a fun one to recreate on a sheet cake.

This March 29 event will be held from 11am – 3pm, and is free and open to the public. 

Your creation should be inspired by a book, but made out of edible ingredients. It may look like a book, tablet or scroll, or be completely unique. Entries may be sweet or savory, but it's probably not a good idea to use perishable food. Sorry - but that leaves out Green Eggs and Ham, Hamlet, and The Egg and I. Stone Soup might be ok if you can keep it warm. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is probably out.

Heidi? Start with a round cake that puffed up in the middle. Cover it with chocolate frosting covered with those long chocolate sprinkles. Make a kind of head shape and four feet and a tail. Call it Hidey. And be sure to scatter sprinkles around the plate, those bear skin rugs shed.

Take pART in your community!
Kids are invited to participate and age categories have been set up: K-6 grade, and 7-12 grade. Grades K-6 and 7th-12th will both be judged for the Best Edible Artist in their age group

If you know you'll be participating, register the title of your creation with Name - Age and Level - Title of your Edible Book

Books will be judged in the following categories for adults
1. Most PUNderful
2. Most Appetizing
3. Most three-dimensional/architectural
4. Most literal depiction of the book title

This one could be flat or three dimensional. A small bottle of tequila and a black bird. Tequila Mockingbird.

Everyone present can vote for the People’s Choice Award. 

Here's the schedule:

  • 11:00am – Check in. Bring your creation, the book that was your inspiration, and serving utensils to Third Place Commons.
  • 12:00pm – Judging, Viewing, & Documenting, including judging for the People’s Choice award!
  • 1:00pm – All ballots handed in.
  • 1:15pm – Prizes awarded!
  • 1:30pm – ALL EDIBLE BOOKS WILL BE CONSUMED! (with punch and coffee)

Many thanks to partners, Friends of Third Place Commons and Third Place Books, for the donation of prizes.


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Literary lovers and culinary aficionados unite

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Cherry Tea-Potter and the Sorcerer's Scone

Get ready for the Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Edible Book Festival, hosted by the Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council, to be held on Saturday, March 29 at Third Place Commons beginning at 11:00! This is an all ages event with prizes from our friends at Third Place Books!

Grades K-6th grade, and 7-12th will be judged for "Best Edible Artist"

Eats of Eden

The adult judging categories are:

  • Most PUNderful
  • Most Appetizing
  • Most 3D/Architectural
  • Most Literal Depiction of the Book Title

Everyone present will have one vote for their favorite – The People’s Choice Award.

Little Bee

Just create a representation of a book, character, scene or pun on a book title out of edible ingredients. This does not have to be baked and could be assembled with ready-made ingredients if you wish.

Entries will be displayed, photographed, admired, judged, awarded and then consumed with coffee and punch!

Travels with my Ants

To pre-register (makes the check-in process easier) or request further information or have questions answered, email the title of your Edible Book along with your appropriate age group by March 25, or just show up at 11:00am with your edible creation, a copy of the book that inspired your entry and an appropriate serving utensil. Please, no unattended children.

Everyone is welcome!


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Edible Books Festival approaches - get your books ready to eat

Friday, March 14, 2014

The Secret Garden
2013 Entry

Grab your whisk and bowls! Put on your chef’s hat. The Edible Book Festival will soon be here!

March 29, 11:00am, Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park

Gearing up for an incredible edible this year and YOU need to enter. All ages are welcome, but children should be accompanied by an adult. (Adults are not required to have children to participate). Books will be judged in the following categories for adults:
  1. Most PUNderful
  2. Most Appetizing
  3. Most three-dimensional/architectural
  4. Most literal depiction of the book title

Banana Karanina
2013 Entry

Grades K-6 and 7th-12th will both be judged for the Best Edible Artist in their age group.
Everyone present may vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Just find a book you enjoy and make a plan to create a representation out of edible ingredients – sweet or savory OR just edible.

Show up on the 29th with your entry, the book that was your inspiration, and display your work.

The books will be photographed, judged, and awarded. Awards will be given at 1:30pm and then everyone present will lift a fork to celebrate reading and book art and consume the books with punch and coffee.

Register your edible book by March 25th or email for further information.

A Game of Scones
2013 Entry

Many thanks to partners Friends of Third Place Commons and Third Place Books, for the donation of prizes.

Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Edible Books Festival
Saturday, March 29, 2014, 11:00 a.m.
Third Place Commons
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155


The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.


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The Edible Book Festival is back and FREE for all ages

Monday, February 24, 2014


Readers: Start your ovens! As part of the International Edible Book Festival the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council will be hosting a local Edible Book Festival at Third Place Commons located within the Town Center at Lake Forest Park.

Bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers will unite to create edible books that are exhibited, documented and then consumed! Edible books are made of food and inspired by a book or pun on a book title.

This March 29 event will be held from 11am – 3pm, and is free and open to the public. Come out and enjoy these mouthwatering manuscripts, or brave your aprons to create your own succulent storybook. Get inspired at the Books2Eat webpage. Your creation should be inspired by a book, but made out of edible ingredients. It may look like a book, tablet or scroll, or be completely unique. Entries may be sweet or savory.

Canary Row by Ann Sauer 2013
This is an all ages event with judging categories for the following age groups: K-6 grade, 7-12 grade, and adult. Register the title of your creation online, here before March 25: (Name - Age/level - Title of your Edible Book)

Books will be judged in the following categories for adults
  1. Most PUNderful
  2. Most Appetizing
  3. Most three-dimensional/architectural
  4. Most literal depiction of the book title
Grades K-6 and 7th-12th will both be judged for the Best Edible Artist in their age group. Everyone present can vote for the People’s Choice Award. 

Schedule

11:00am – Check in. Bring your creation (along with the book that was your inspiration) and appropriate serving utensils to Third Place Commons.
12:00pm – Judging, Viewing, and Documenting. If you want to come and view the books without submitting an entry, please come at this time. This is also the time for judging and People’s Choice judging!
1:00pm – All ballots handed in.
1:15pm – Prizes awarded!
1:30pm – ALL EDIBLE BOOKS WILL BE CONSUMED! (with punch and coffee)

Curious George by Kitty 2013

Many thanks to partners, Friends of Third Place Commons and Third Place Books, for the donation of prizes.

Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Edible Books Festival
Saturday, March 29, 2014, 11:00 a.m.
Third Place Commons
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Contact person: Pam Thompson 206-362-2752

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.

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Mouthwatering Manuscripts and PUNderful Paperbacks - Edible Book results are in

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Canary Row by Ann Sauer

With over 40 entries, the Edible Book festival was a scrumptious social-scholarly success! Entries included everything from “Moby Dicks” featuring whale-spout hamburgers to “Canary Row” sporting a Peeps rowing crew.

The creations were beautiful, and the bean feast that followed was delectable! Prizes were awarded by four judges and also by popular vote.

The Secret Garden won 1st Place in People's Choice
by Dina Wilson

And the winners are: 
(feel free to drum your fingers now)

Most good enough to eat 
(K-6th Grad) Isaac Lilyegren “Yummy Yummy” 
(Adult) Norma Middleton “Eat. Pray. Love.”

Most PUNderful 
(K-6th Grade) Katharine Haycox “Molly Moon-Pie” 
(Adult)  Ann Sauer “Cannery Row”

“Chasing White Rabbits/Happy 61st Birthday Mom”
by Molly Kennedy

Most 3Dimensional/Architectural  
(K-6th Grade) Beck Rice-Narusch “Catching the Ghost”  
(Adult) Molly Kennedy “Chasing White Rabbits/Happy 61st Birthday Mom”

A Game of Scones
by Miss Kitty


Most Literal Depiction of the Book Title 
(K-6th Grade)  Dylan O’Neill “The Garden of Eden” 
(7th- 12th Grade)   Ember and Indy Rice-Narusch “The Giving Tree” 
(Adult)  Ara & Jan Binks  “Little Bees”

Curious Gougere by Miss Kitty


People’s Choice 
1st Place -  Dina Wilson “The Secret Garden” 
2nd Place – Molly Kennedy “Chasing White Rabbits/Happy 61st Birthday Mom” 
3rd Place – Ann Sauer “Cannery Row” 
4th Place - Deborah T.  “The Alfred Hitch-choc Stories”


Tables were full, with 40 entries at the
Edible Book Fair
Congratulations to the winners, and a huge round of applause to everyone who entered. If you’d like take part in future Edible Book Festivals or the Arts in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park join the Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Arts Council’s eNews list and stay on top of the arts in our community. 

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.


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Eat some good books at the Edible Book Festival Saturday in Lake Forest Park

Tuesday, March 26, 2013


Edible Book Festival, Saturday, March 30, 2013, 11am-3pm
Third Place Commons, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 
Lake Forest Park
Free

As part of the International Edible Book Festival bibliophiles, book artists, and food lovers will unite to create edible books that are exhibited, documented and then consumed. Edible books are made of food and inspired by a book or pun on a book title.

For more information or to register your entry (there's still time!) email
Bite a Book today! Be inspired!

Literary lovers and culinary aficionados unite!

It is not too late to bake a book for the Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Edible Book Festival, sponsored by the SL-LFP Arts Council, to be held on Saturday, March 30th at Third Place Commons beginning at 11:00a,! This is an all ages event with prizes (from our friends at Third Place Books!) to be given to K-6th grade, 7-12th grade or adult. Here are the prize categories:

  • Most Good Enough to Eat
  • Most PUNderful
  • Most 3D/Architectural
  • Most Literal Depiction of the Book Title
Every one present will have one vote for their favorite – The People’s Choice Award.

"Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"


Just create a representation of a book, character, scene or pun on a book title out of edible ingredients. This does not have to be baked and could be assembled with ready-made ingredients if you wish.

To pre-register (makes the check-in process easier) email the title of your Edible Book along with your appropriate age group by Friday at 6:00pm, or just show up at 11:00 with your edible creation, a copy of the book that inspired your entry and an appropriate serving utensil. Please, no unattended children.

We will supply everything else. We have just learned that the King County Library System Social Media team will broadcast the festival and film people interested in sharing their entry. The event will be live-streaming on Google+ and will be archived on the KCLS YouTube channel.  You will not want to miss the opportunity to share your edible creation with the world!

"The Satanic Purses"

This is the schedule of the day:

11:00 a.m. check-in
12:00 p.m. photography, judging and voting for the People’s Choice!
1:30 p.m. prizes are awarded
2:00 p.m.  we will bite the books!


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Judges named for Edible Book Festival

Friday, March 15, 2013

From the Lake City Iowa Public Library festival

Edible Book Festival - free
Saturday, March 30, 2013, 11am – 3pm
Third Place Commons, inside the Town Center at Lake Forest Park
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Readers and Food Lovers: Start your ovens! The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council will host a local Edible Book Festival as part of the International Edible Book Festival. Bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers will unite to create edible books. Edible books are made of food and inspired by a book or pun on a book title. The festival is free and open to the public. Anyone can enter a creation. All the creations will be exhibited, admired, photographed, documented and then eaten with coffee and milk!

Awards will go to over a dozen outstanding creations. Our friends, Third Place Books, will donate the prizes. Our fabulous judges Kathleen Flynn, Kristin Price, Susan Jones, Jessica Hurst will have a delicious time making their award choices. Find out more about our judges below.

So come out and enjoy these mouthwatering manuscripts, or brave your aprons to create your own succulent storybook. Get inspired . Your creation should be inspired by a book, but made out of edible ingredients. It may look like a book, tablet or scroll, or be completely unique.

There will be 4 categories that will be judged, with 3 awards for different ages in each category. Everyone present will have one vote for their all time favorite entry – The People’s Choice award for a total of 13 prizes!

The age groups are:

  • K-6th grade
  • 7-12th grade
  • Adult

The categories are:

  1. Most "good enough to eat,"
  2. Most PUNderful,
  3. Most three-dimensional/architectural,
  4. Most literal depiction of the book title

People's Choice (everyone present can vote for their favorite)

For more information or to register your entry contact slfp.ediblebooks@gmail.com To register we need your name, age group, edible book entry title, and the original book title from which your entry was inspired. Pre-registration will end March 25th, but you may just show up the day of the event with an entry.

"Catcher in the Rye" from the Lake City Iowa library festival

More exciting news!
We have just learned that the King County Library System Social Media team will broadcast the festival and film people interested in sharing their entry. The event will be live-streaming on Google+ and will be archived on the KCLS YouTube channel.  You will not want to miss the opportunity to share your edible creation with the world!

MEET OUR JUDGES!

Kathleen Flynn
Kathleen earned her diplome de cuisine from the famed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 2005. Her memoir about that experience, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry was aNew York Times bestseller, a finalist in the Washington State Book Awards and has been translated into nine languages. Her second book, another national bestseller, earned several awards including the 2012 Book Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She is working on her third title, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good, a memoir with recipes about her Midwest childhood. It's slated for publication by Penguin in early 2014.

A writer and journalist for more than twenty years, Flinn's work has appeared in more than three dozen publications worldwide. She serves on the board of directors of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She divides her time between Seattle and the Tampa Bay area in Florida. Her website is kathleenflinn.com

Kristin Price
Kristin is a Seattle native and event professional whose favorite pastimes involve art, food, writing and exploring her beloved city. She writes the blog KristinPotPie - Savoring Delicious Celebrations http://kristinpotpie.wordpress.com/, where she shares her passion for culinary delights, event planning and all the must-see and do around the Pacific Northwest.

Susan Jones
Fine artist and freelance illustrator Susan Jones' art has been featured in local and national juried exhibitions; she is represented by Semantics Gallery in Edmonds and Kaewyn Gallery in Bothell, Washington. Jones teaches Natural Science Illustration and Botanical Illustration for the University of Washington's Extension Program, and coordinates the Art-Ins, free community art-making sessions at Third Place Commons. Additional information

Jessica Hurst
Bookseller of six years and a three dimensional artists of many mediums, Jessica Hurst has studied at The Gage Academy in Seattle, Washington and her sculptures were featured as a part of a greater exhibition at the Market Street Gallery in San Francisco, California. For two years, she worked as the lead cookie decorator at a custom bakery in Grand Junction, Colorado, applying the appearance of everything from blue whales to starter pistols to sweet, edible treats. Her current passions have taken a turn for the textile. She will soon offer custom-made, finely sewn clothing, specializing in undergarments for all shapes sizes and needs. She is devoted and lifelong reader.


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