Check it out, a brand new food magazine unlike any other; Spezzatino. It's different from other food mags in three important ways.

First, it's all for charity! Proceeds from subscriptions support the Healthy Food Bank, a registered charity that provides nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables and whole grains to local food banks around Canada and the United States.

Second, Spezzatino is less like a magazine and more like an ongoing encyclopedia of food. Each volume focuses on one food or ingredient at a time, they cover every aspect of that food, from how it affects your body and health, to how it’s grown and how great chefs and cooks turn it into delicious, gourmet meals.

Third, it’s beautifully written, photographed and designed, all by volunteer contributors. Spezzatino is a sort of open source publishing project, by food lovers, for food lovers — and all for a great cause.

I think it’s one of the best out there. But don’t take my word for it. See for yourself.

Have a taste first. Join their newsletter, which is used to notify readers of new articles and volumes, and each day for the next week they’ll send you some sample articles and recipes from Volume 1 to download and enjoy.

All they ask is that if you like what you see, you subscribe to Spezzatino to get the whole thing!

That way, we’ll all eat better tomorrow. http://spezzatino.com/