Greenlighted Entries for the Secret Atlas: #1-4

secret-atlas-layout-325The Heavy Table’s Kickstarter campaign for The Secret Atlas of North Coast Food is off to a roaring good start — we’re excited to fund, write, illustrate, and deliver to you this remarkable new book.

We hope you’ll get involved, pre-order a copy, and help this book come to life.

Here are the first four ideas we’ve approved for the book; keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks as we announce the other maps and essays that we’ll be publishing.

Becca Dilley / Heavy Table
Becca Dilley / Heavy Table

A Taxonomy of Ice Cream Trucks and Their Songs
written and illustrated by Andy Sturdevant

Writer and artist Andy Sturdevant (MinnPost, the upcoming Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow) tracks down some of the many ice cream trucks plying their fattening wares in the Twin Cities metro area, observes their habits in their native environment, and documents both their offerings and their maddeningly cheerful songs.

Free Smells
written by Maja Ingeman | cartographer Matt Dooley

The taste of food is only part of the equation — the mouth gets all the glamorous attention, but the nose is a key player in the experience (and the anticipation) of eating. From barbecue to bakeries to the ongoing love-hate struggle that Northfield has with the Malt-O-Meal plant, this map and essay will dig into the way food becomes vaporized and airborne, dragging us toward (or shoving us away from) it in the process.

Sarah McGee / Heavy Table
Sarah McGee / Heavy Table

Meat Me at the Mississippi
written by Jason Walker | cartographer Matt Dooley

A carnivore road-tripper’s delight: We track down and document traditional meat markets on and near the mighty Mississippi river, from Minnesota through Wisconsin and Iowa.

Andy DuCett / Heavy Table
Andy DuCett / Heavy Table

East Lake Street
written by Susan Pagani | illustrated by Andy DuCett

Walking down East Lake Street is the equivalent of taking a global safari; food from around the world is available, often made by and served to first-generation immigrants with a vivid sense of how to make the food they grew up with. This stroll takes the reader through some of the most delicious (and baffling, and unexpected) bites available along this central but often overlooked stretch of road. [Read this story and view its illustration right here.]

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