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The International Edible Book Festival is a yearly event on April 1 throughout the world from 2-4 p.m. (depending upon time zone). The edible books are exhibited and, at 4 p.m., tea and/or coffee is served and the,books are consumed.

The Edible Book High/Low Tea was initiated by Judith A. Hoffberg over a Thanksgiving turkey with book artists in 1999, and became an international event through the artist Béatrice Coron Books2Eat website, for the first event in 2000. This annual event has become a sensation and is covered in radio and TV in 2002!

For this High/Low tea, all works of art must be edible and have something to do with books! Each participating group or individual is responsible for its/his/her own audience and website. From 2-4 p.m., you sip High/Low Tea while viewing the edible exhibit. At 4 p.m., you photograph the work and eat it too.
Tickets could be sold for the event; each venue can thus use Books2Eat as a fundraiser for book centers and organizations.

All venues are requested to take photographs or record in video their event and displayed books. Please send copies of two menus and photographs to this address: Umbrella, P.O. Box 3640, Santa Monica, CA 90408.The documentation will be used for a potential (non-edible) book by Umbrella Editions. A description and links of all participants around the world will be available on this website.

For documentation and images of the First International Edible Book Festival, please visit the Yearly Festivals pages.
Countries included in the past two years are Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Spain will be a participant in 2002 for the first time.

FYI: April 1st is the birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), famous for his book "Physiologie du goût". Check almanach of April 1st for other events and take a look at our edible links page and reviews.

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