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Deborah Madison is Done After 30 Years of Cookbooks

Multiple-award winning author Deborah Madison is calling it quits on cookbooks, after 30 years, but she’s not done with writing. To the contrary, she’s working on a memoir. She wrote 14 cookbooks during those three decades, which comes down to an average of just over one book every two years. It’s a grueling schedule, but […]

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RIP Jonathan Gold

Yes it’s true: Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold, the only person to win a Pulizer as a food writer, died this past weekend, of pancreatic cancer. He was only 57. The Los Angeles Times reported his death and lifted its paywall so you can explore his writing and tributes. I have a few things to […]

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Micro Influencers Can Get a Cookbook Deal Too, says Agent

Are you a micro influencer? I am. I’ll never have huge numbers, but people do seem to trust me and I have decent engagement. That’s my definition, anyway. But if you feel discouraged that you can’t get a book deal without a huge platform, here’s hope. Literary agent Sally Ekus says publishers could be looking for […]

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3 Marketing Tips to Grow Your Instagram Following As A Food Blogger

A guest post by Anand Srinivasan Sure, you want to grow your Instagram following, because it’s a hot platform we all need more numbers. But I can give you three more marketing-based reasons to do so. First, more than 800 million people (or nearly three times the population of the United States) are active on […]

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Why I Started an Indie Food Zine

A Guest Post by Anna Brones As a writer, I’m always thinking of new projects, which is why I started an indie food zine. Even when I don’t have something concrete in mind, ideas end up marinating in the back of my brain. That’s how Comestible came to be. Comestible is a bi-annual publication I […]

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An Expert’s Tips for Optimizing Recipe SEO

When I attend food blogging conferences, optimizing recipe SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the subject of at least one session. Food bloggers always need to be up on the latest strategies of how to get more readers to their recipes. Fortunately, there are experts who know this and who specialize in getting readers to your […]

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Join Us at a New Food Memoir Workshop in France in December

If you are a storyteller who would like to sharpen your skills at a food memoir workshop in France, come join us in December. This time, award-winning essayist and blogger Jamie Schler and I will focus on memoir and essay writing. As it applies to food, of course. By personal essay or memoir writing, I […]

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An Interview With Anthony Bourdain: “Absolute Fearlessness is Essential”

When I heard the shocking news, I thought back to my interview with Anthony Bourdain about writing and eating. I wanted to interview him about writing. In 2004 I was working on the first edition of Will Write for Food, my book about how to become a food writer. Bourdain’s bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, had come […]

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Diverse Identities are Central to Food Writing, says Nik Sharma

In his blog and in print, Nik Sharma writes about growing up in the United States and India, and what he loves to cook and bake. He also writes about his diverse identities: life as an immigrant and married gay man. He does it all with grace and style, as though this was what we’ve […]

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16 Super Useful Links for Food Writers and Bloggers

I love finding super useful links about food writing. There is so much to learn and enjoy. Below you’ll find stories about people I admire, think pieces, and how-tos on amping up your skills. Sometimes I put in a link that’s good for a laugh. If you’re going to click through this list, it might […]

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