Edible is a 44-book series with 44 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Andrew F. Smith, Sarah Moss, Andrew Dalby, Colleen Taylor Sen, Bruce Kraig, Janet Clarkson, Kevin R. Kosar, Helen Saberi, Bee Wilson, Nicola Humble, Laura B. Weiss, Becky Sue Epstein, William Rubel, Erika Janik, Nawal Nasrallah, Elisabeth Townsend, Fabrizia Lanza, Lesley Jacobs Solmonson, Jeri Quinzio, Gary Allen, Patricia Herlihy, Toby Sonneman, Richard Foss, Marc Millon, Paula Young Lee, Cynthia D. Bertelsen, Nina Edwards, Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Kaori O'Connor, Ken Albala, David Sutton, Diane Toops, Gavin D. Smith, Ian Miller, Barbara Gallani, Michelle Phillipov, Martha Jay, Meg Muckenhoupt, Laura Mason, and Jonathan Morris.