New Foods by Mail

It’s a simple fact: I love food. So I look at pictures of recipes, take pictures of my cooking triumphs and frequent local farmer’s markets. Somewhere along the line I stumbled across the Foodie Pen Pal Program. Hosted by the lovely Lindsay at the Lean Green Bean blog, it’s a “pen pal” program where food-loving folk can send care packages of local delights to one another.

Every month Lindsay provides participants with a new pen pal to send a care package to. The fun part is that we all receive care packages from a different person than the one we send a package to. On the last day of each month, all of the participants who have a blog post a “reveal” of the box they got in the mail. Non-bloggers can join in too and just enjoy getting a taste of new foods from all over the country.

Some of the things I've received as a Foodie Pen Pal

To get involved all you have to do is head over to the Foodie Pen Pal page and fill out the contact form. Lindsay will contact you via email at the end of the month to share your pen pal match with you. Then you pick out some of your favorite local foods (the spending cap is $15) pop them in a box and mail them off!  Packages must be sent by the 15^th of the month so shortly thereafter you should receive your package in the mail as well. Pop open your care package and savor the happiness that comes with the food.