Top 10 Cooking Markets

by Brenda Ramsbacher

We love to eat. Or at least most of us do! So that should also mean that we know the basics about cooking, whether it's for one person or for dozens. These markets are by no means inclusive. But perhaps one of them will be your cup of tea.

Home Cooking Magazine
http://www.homemagazine.com
They are looking for recipes and submissions for "You Said a Mouthful."
Editorial Calendar: http://www.homecookingmagazine.com/pages/magpdf/Home_Cooki ng_calendar.PDF. Guidelines:http://www.homecookingmagazine.com/pages/magazineinfo.html or at http://www.homecookingmagazine.com/pages/magpdf/Home_Cooki ng_guidelines.PDF.
Contact can be made by sending a query or full manuscript to Shelly Vaughan James, Editor, Home Cooking, 306 East Parr Road, Berne, IN 46711 or by sending a query via email to Editor@HomeCookingMagazine.com.

Veggie Life
http://www.veggielife.com
This magazine is the premiere voice on vegetarian cooking and nutrition for today's health-conscious consumer." It is published 4 times a year and caters to women. No articles related to why you became vegetarian.
G uidelines: Send your query via email to the Editor at VeggieEd@egw.com for recipe format before submitting. Full manuscripts discouraged upon first contact. Include clips of previously published work if possible. May also send queries with SASE to Veggie Life, 1041 Shary Circle, Concord, CA 94518.

Gourmet News
http://www.gourmetnews.com
A magazine for the professionals in the food industry and specialty food business. If you have a knowledge about food, understand today's trends and would like to share an opinion about this industry, this is the magazine to try.
E ditorial Calendar: http://www.gourmetnews.com/mediakits/2003.calendar.htm.
There doesn't seem to be official guidelines; it looks like the only way to break into the magazine is through the guest column. Send to Gourmet News, PO Box 1056, 106 Lafayette Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096.

San Diego Family Magazine
http://www.sandiegofamily.com
A free magazine that relates directly to the San Diego county and is geared mainly towards parenting. Cooking is not the main focus of the magazine, but they do publish cooking related materials.Look at some back issues for ideas.
Guidelines: http://www.sandiegofamily.com/pages/Editorial%20Guideline s.html.
Queries may be sent via mail with a SASE to: Claire Yezbak Fadden, Editor, San Diego Family Magazine, P.O. Box 23960, San Diego, CA 92193.

Home Digest Magazine
http://wwwo.home-digest.com
Your guide to home and life improvement, offers practical advice to urban and suburban families focused on their needs and concerns. Distributed four times a year in Toronto, Canada and surrounding areas.
G uidelines: http://www.home-digest.com/editorialcalendar.html
Submit story ideas to William Roebuck, Editor, Home Digest, 268 Lakeshore Rd. E., Unit 604, Oakville, ON L6J 7S4 Canada.

Carolina Country
http://www.carolinacountry.com
Carolina Country is about and for those living in North Carolina with regular features, such as Carolina Kitchen to entire issues about cruisine.
E ditorial Calendar: http://www.carolinacountry.com/Adpages/editorial.html. Does not give actual guidelines for most columns, but allows reader's stories and recipes to be submitted online. Contact Michael E. C. Gery, Editor at Carolina Country, 3400 Sumner Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27616.

TravelLady Magazine
http://www.travellady.com
A n online journal of places that many will never get to visit yet allows everyone to bring home the flavor. At this time, very few articles are related to cooking. An upcoming issue is on French Cooking in the US, so there are possibilities.
E ditorial Calendar: http://www.travellady.com/calendars.htm
G uidelines: http://www.travellady.com/guidelines/guidelines.htm
Their trip policy is stated at http://www.travellady.com/guidelines/trip.htm Send inquiries and manuscripts to madelyn@travellady.com.

BackpackingLight.com
http://backpackinglight.com
An online journal of lightweight backcountry travel. Opportunities for authors are mentioned at http://www.backpackinglight.com/index/16/index.htm. Go to http://www.backpackinglight.com/resources/manuscriptprep.htm and sign up for list mail. The editorial calendar will be online at a later date due to publishing changes. Submissions should be sent in Microsoft Word 97 or 2000 as an attachment to Submissions@BackpackingLight.com.

Come & Eat
http://www.comeandeat.com
A family-oriented magazine for healthy cooking in under 30 minutes.. Guidelines and editorial calendar unavailable on the website. Send $3.00 for a sample copy or pick up a copy at the newstand. Send queries and clips with a SASE to Editor, Fast & Healthy@ Cooking, 200 s. 6th St., M.S. 28M7, Minneapolis, MN 55402.

Cooking Light
All about cooking healthy foods for healthy living.
Guidelines and editorial calendar unavailable. Send for guidelines via postal mail. Allow a minimum of six months lead time for any article proposal. Send a query with SASE and clips to: Cooking Light, 2100 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209.

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Future topics include , Humor, Anthologies, History, Religion, College, Christian, Specialty and Songwriting, etc. Want to see a specific market listed? Let us know. Submit markets for consideration to scribblers@runbox.com or WOLPublisher@writeronline.us. These markets should be freelance-friendly; paying markets always preferred. While they do not necessarily need to be easy to break into, please make sure the magazine does accept freelance work.

Brenda Ramsbacher lives in Mountain Home, Idaho with her husband, four children and two spoiled dogs. She likes to sew clothes for her children, quilt, scrapbook, and read. Over the years, she has penned hundreds of articles and book reviews. Currently, Brenda is working as a book reviewer. You may reach her at scribblers@runbox.com.