A BOOK PROPOSAL
EAT
VERMONT
THE WOW COUNTIES
Vermont moves at the pace of its seasons. Our food culture was built by hands that chose slowness, kinship, and community — and this book is their monument.
A BOOK PROPOSAL
THE WOW COUNTIES
Vermont moves at the pace of its seasons. Our food culture was built by hands that chose slowness, kinship, and community — and this book is their monument.
The Book
Eat Vermont: The WOW Counties is a 9×11 hardcover spanning 240–280 pages — a photographic immersion into the food culture of three Vermont counties: Washington, Orange, and Windsor.
160+ businesses. Farms, bakeries, cheesemakers, restaurants, sugarhouses, breweries, and the hands behind them. This is the Calderone-comp — editorial photography meets intimate narrative, built from three years of documentation.
“Not a guidebook. Not a cookbook. A visual portrait of a living food culture.”
“Vermont moves at the pace of its seasons. Our food culture was built by hands that chose slowness, kinship, and community — and this book is their monument.”
The Photography
Photographs by Jessica Notargiacomo
The Territory
Washington County
Where policy meets agriculture. The state capital surrounded by working farms, co-ops, and a food scene that punches above its weight.
Montpelier · Barre · Plainfield · Marshfield
Orange County
Dairy, orchards, generations. The county where Vermont’s agricultural DNA runs deepest — family operations that measure time in decades, not quarters.
Randolph · Chelsea · Brookfield · Thetford
Windsor County
Where tourism meets deep roots. From Woodstock’s polished village greens to the working farms that feed the valley — two Vermonts, one county.
Woodstock · Norwich · Hartford · Pomfret
The Structure
Opening
The story behind the project. Why these counties. Why now.
Part One
~65 businesses · Montpelier, Barre, Plainfield, Marshfield, and more
Part Two
~50 businesses · Randolph, Chelsea, Brookfield, Thetford, and more
Part Three
~60 businesses · Woodstock, Norwich, Hartford, Pomfret, and more
Closing
A reflection on place, food, and the people who make both possible.
The Market
16M+
visitors to Vermont
annually
160+
businesses
documented
0
existing books
that do this
The Platform
Eat Vermont isn’t a concept — it’s a three-year-old media platform with a loyal, paying audience. The book has a built-in distribution network that most first-time authors can only dream of.
Every partner business is a potential retail point of sale. Every member is a pre-qualified buyer. The marketing flywheel is already spinning.
90K+
Social followers
800+
Paid members
75+
Business partners
3+
Years documented
The Authors
Writer · Creative Director
Founder of Eat Vermont. Three years spent documenting the food culture of central Vermont — building a media platform, a membership community, and the relationships that make this book possible.
eatvermont.com
Photographer
Professional photographer specializing in food, agriculture, and editorial work. Her lens has captured the intimate, unhurried beauty of Vermont’s makers for three years running.
notargiacomophotography.comTimeline & Readiness
3+ years of editorial photography across 160+ businesses.
160+ businesses visited, documented, and partnered with.
90K+ followers, 800+ members, 75+ business partners.
From signed deal to manuscript delivery.
Layout, printing, and distribution.
The table is set.
Pull up a chair.
Vermont moves at the pace of its seasons. Our food culture was built by hands that chose slowness, kinship, and community — and this book is their monument.
PDF · Complete proposal with additional details