About Us

Over the past dozen or so years, Eastern Massachusetts has seen a re-birth in interest for local, artisan food and drink. Whether it’s the opening of a farmers market in your town, chefs giving recognition to local products on their menus or the increase in specialty/gourmet food stores, craft brewers and distilleries, we are seeing an ever-increasing emphasis on seasonal, local products and sustainable living. We at Edible Boston and Edible Worcester have helped support this renaissance. Our publications and website are a resource for finding out what’s new, what’s available locally and are an introduction to the people instrumental in bringing about the change. We cover Essex, Middlesex, Worcester, Suffolk and Norfolk counties and all the important contributors to the food and drink culture of our region, both large and small. Join us in celebrating the abundance of our local products, season by season.

 

Sarah Blackburn
Publisher and Editor-In-Chief
sarah@edibleboston.com

Sarah is the editor-in-chief, co-owner and publisher of Edible Boston and Edible Worcester with her husband, Chris. Having served as managing and digital editor, recipe editor, marketing director and account manager since she joined the magazine in 2010, Sarah has extensive knowledge of the local food community in Greater Boston and Worcester County and a deep interest in sustainable living, home cooking and sharing her passion for both. A graduate of Middlebury College with degrees in the History of Art and Italian, she’s worked as a recipe developer, personal chef/caterer, farm stand retailer, Italian imports buyer, cheese monger and produce buyer among various other positions in both food service and food retail businesses. Sarah and Chris live in Wayland with two teenagers and a rambunctious bird dog, spending free time jogging, hiking, soccer spectating, minding a sourdough starter and tending a kitchen garden.

Christopher Blackburn
Publisher
chris@edibleboston.com

Chris is the co-owner and publisher of Edible Boston and Edible Worcester with his wife, Sarah. Born in rural Vermont, his parents kept pigs, chickens, sheep and a huge, productive garden—even their bread was baked at home. At age five his family moved to Brookline; in the big city, local food meant bagels, burritos, dumplings, pho and ramen.

To this day Chris makes all his most important decisions based on food, and brings his passion for building a sustainable, inclusive, vibrant local food economy to Greater Boston and Central Massachusetts. A graduate of Union College with a degree in Biology, you’ll find him most often foraging in the woods near his Wayland home, at a local tap room enjoying craft brews, enjoying a high school soccer match or shellfishing in the salt marshes of the South Cape.

Michael Piazza
Creative Director
michaelpiazzaphotography@gmail.com

Michael is a freelance photographer based in Boston, originally from California. Michael studied Art History and Film, before settling into still photography and moving to New York City. Somewhere along the line he merged his love of cooking and food with his love of making pictures. He is currently chief photographer and creative director of Edible Boston. He also contributes to Food&Wine, Down East, Yankee Magazine, and Martha Stewart Living. His recent work on cookbooks includes Two If By Sea with Barton Seaver, Maple Syrup Cookbook and Food Swap with Storey Publishing and Double Awesome Chinese Food with Roost Books.

Barbara Rietscha
Operations Manager, Edible Boston & Edible Worcester
barbara@edibleboston.com

 

Rachel Caldwell
Special Projects Editor
rachel@edibleboston.com

As Special Projects Editor, Rachel produces and manages print, digital and event content for our platforms and partners. A Boston-area native, Rachel came home in 2009 for grad school and spent a decade prepping fancy case salads and cheese plates, producing big food festivals and small drop-in workshops, converting reluctant kids to salad at a Boys and Girls Club and corralling grants and volunteers as director at Friday Night Supper Program. She lives with her family near Central Square and loves oily fishes, fully cooked broccoli and anything made from dried corn.