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Who Can Enter a Food Writing Contest?

Recently I wrote about a misstep when the head of an organization won the organization’s own food writing contest. If you haven’t read it, see  IACP Strips Winner of Cookbook of the Year Award After Outcry.  Since then, Adam Salamone, chair of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP),  said IACP had no policy that excludes […]

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Hire an Intern for Your Next Cookbook!

A guest post by Clotilde Dusoulier Recently I made a key decision: to hire an intern to help me with my new cookbook, Tasting Paris. It’s my fifth book in 11 years, and releases this month. I am proud to say this is the one that finally made me feel I had “turned pro,” in […]

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IACP Strips Winner of Cookbook of the Year Award After Outcry

On Sunday night, at the IACP cookbook awards in New York, Martha Holmberg, Chief Executive Officer of IACP, won the association’s highest honor, for Cookbook of the Year. She co-wrote Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables with chef Joshua McFadden. She wrote the book on the side, as a freelance writer. Let’s not forget that […]

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Restaurant Critics Respond to Sexual Harassment

As allegations of harassment or assult by chefs and restaurateurs in the food industry surface, where does this leave the critic, whose job has been — traditionally — to write about food, service and decor? How do restaurant critics respond? I bet many restaurant reviewers — and their editors — have lost sleep over their […]

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6 Powerful Ways to Organize Tasks and Make Deadlines

A guest post by Sonja Overhiser There’s a mile-long to-do list and a packed inbox to deal with right now. And we have to make deadlines too. These looming responsibilities can strike fear in my heart. Like you, I have lots to get done! With my husband Alex, I run the A Couple Cooks blog […]

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I Met a Yelp Elite Reviewer and He Changed My Mind

I was prepared to not like him. After all, Yelp restaurant reviewers singlehandedly ended the careers of many restaurant reviewers by writing for free, right? That’s what a friend said, who was once a professional critic. And what did this guy know about writing a good review, I wondered? Not to mention, who gets to be […]

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9 Things I Wish I Knew About Writing My First Cookbook

A guest post by Cameron Stauch When I started writing my first cookbook, Vegetarian Việt Nam, and friends asked what’s involved, I gave them a blank stare. If they had asked me to prepare a meal for a couple hundred people, I’d say, “Easy. When and where?” I’m a professional chef, and this is what I […]

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Why it’s Both Easier and Harder to Freelance for Publication

Bonnie Tsui has freelanced for publications for more than a decade, including The New York Times, Travel + Leisure and as a contributing editor for San Francisco magazine. Recently she received an annual award for food writing from the San Francisco Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. That gave me the opportunity to interview her, since […]

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Speaking Your Truth

Oprah said it last week on the Golden Globes. She wants you to be “speaking your truth.” She said she’s “especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories.” Was she talking to you? It felt like she was talking […]

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Win a copy of The Palestinian Table

It’s a story so many writers dream of: publishing a cookbook with no author platform. Not only did the author Reem Kassis persevere, but her popular book, The Palestinian Table, appeared on many “Best Cookbooks” lists for the end of the year, including New York magazine, NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, The National Post. Want to […]

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