Celebrating America's Love of Food

The Editors of Relish
Introduction by Jill Melton

A celebration of America’s favorite home-cooked dishes

from the nation’s largest-circulation food magazine

Relish celebrates America’s love of food and the people, places, and traditions that make our food great. From the farmers who grow our food to the chefs who cook it, from regional classics to new ethnic favorites, from the best gadgets in the kitchen to the best new cookbooks, Relish has it covered.

Striving to get readers back in the kitchen and around the table, Relish is a celebration of the nation’s food traditions. The Best of Relish Cookbook features regional dishes such as New Mexico’s posole, Texas sheet cake, California’s Cobb salad, and Pennsylvania’s shoo-fly pie; in addition to dishes that reflect the melting pot we truly are: Vietnamese pho, tabbouleh, and risotto.

Relish is the nation’s largest monthly food magazine with distribution in more than 500 newspapers to 15 million readers.

Relish editor-in-chief Jill Melton has over 20 years of experience as a food editor, registered dietitian, chef, and author. As the former editor-in-chief of Cooking Smart and food editorial director for Cooking Light, Melton has a strong background in nutrition that has been the foundation of her career. She holds a BA in nutrition from Ohio State University and a master’s degree in public health nutrition from Case Western Reserve. Melton makes her home in Franklin, Tennessee.

Tennessee-based Publishing Group of America publishes American Profile, Relish, and Texas Profile magazines. American Profile debuted in 2000; it is distributed through more than 1,400 newspapers with a combined circulation of 9.8 million. Relish debuted in 2006 as the largest advertising-supported food magazine, with a circulation of 6.8 million via newspapers. This circulation will become 15 million as of January 2009. Publishing Group of America has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and Franklin, TN.