The stories of sixteen artisanal food devotees—all foragers, harvesters, growers, or farmers—are told by food blogger Georgia Pellegrini in hew new book, Food Heroes; Sixteen Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition (Stewart, Tabori & Chang). Here for the International Food Bloggers' Conference this weekend, Georgia Pellegrini will share her own love of ingredients "anchored to season and place," a passion nurtured within her during her own childhood in the Hudson Valley, and her days working at farm-to-table restaurants. One of the larger-than-life food advocates she profiles is Seattle 'fish missionary' Jon Rowley. Please join us. For more about the International Food Bloggers' Conference (August 27 – 29), please see www.foodista.com/ifbc2010/. Georgia Pellegrini's website is www.georgiapellegrini.com.