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Q&A: Former Restaurant Reviewer Says Reviews are Irrelevant

Todd Kliman doesn’t miss being a restaurant reviewer. “It becomes tiresome after a while to eat lavish food,” he explains. “No matter where you go, everything’s plated the same way and it starts feeling like you’re in this very strange little bubble. You’re all over the world and yet you’re nowhere. You’re eating things middle class […]

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5 Rookie Mistakes in Cookbook Proposals

When there’s a one percent acceptance rate, it’s kind of important not to make mistakes in cookbook proposals. But if you’ve never written one before, how would you know what’s right? Sure, you can read books on writing proposals and use them as a guide. But somehow, errors in judgement creep in. Having read dozens […]

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Food Bloggers Who Help Others

Mega-food blogger Aimee Wimbush-Bourque of Simple Bites emailed me recently to say that, after meeting with another big blogger, they decided “blogging isn’t enough anymore. We want to use our platforms to help others, to do some good, to make a difference.” So Amy contacted World Vision,  and began raising funds for hunger relief in Kenya. She […]

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Q&A: How Pie Guru Kate McDermott Found her Voice

I fell for “Piechiatrist” Kate McDermott recently, even though I had known her casually for years. I had never thought about how she found her voice. Then, while reading the introduction to her gorgeous cookbook, Art of the Pie, I read that Joni Mitchell’s “Sisotowbell Lane” always put Kate in the right frame of mind to bake. I hadn’t thought […]

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Three Food Writing Events Coming Up

Hi! This is an extra blog post just to tell you about food writing events I’m excited about — particularly a writing workshop in Italy this September. Here’s what’s coming up: 1. May 10, 2017 Speaker The 2017 Culinary Nutrition Conference Online Free Hear from leading bloggers, researchers, educators, authors, nutritionists and more who will impact the […]

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How to Create a Gift Shop Cookbook

A guest post by Nancy Bagget Selling a gift shop cookbook can work with many culinary subjects and venues, from gourmet tea, coffee, cheese, wine and spirits to spa cuisine and country inn cooking. Almost every product or topic has a supporting trade or members’ organization. And they tend to be receptive to participation by […]

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Q&A: Jump Into Video and Make Mistakes, Says David Lebovitz

I know video is the next new thing on the Internet. Food bloggers are supposed to get on it. So I turned to mega food blogger and cookbook author David Lebovitz for advice, who started making them years ago. Here’s what David had to say about why to get involved in video, on the issue of quality versus spontaneity, […]

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Damn Right: I Do Make a Living Writing About Food

A guest post by Naomi Tomky As a freelance food writer, when I saw Dianne end her post positing that, perhaps, food writers are their own worst enemy when it comes to demanding good pay, I knew she was right. But it’s a deeper problem than that. Not only did her piece on how there’s […]

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Q&A: David Leite on Food, Mental Illness and Coming Out

Yes, David Leite is the founder of Leites Culinaria and the multiple award-winning food essayist. And I know him as my warm, generous, and loyal friend. We have stayed at each others’ homes, met each other’s partners, and even had pastries in Paris last year. If you don’t know him yet, David wrote an award-winning cookbook on Portuguese food. He won several […]

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5 Ways to Win Over Your Cookbook Editor

A guest post by Linda Ingroia Producing a book is not a popularity contest. But you certainly want your cookbook editor to believe in you. She spends countless hours with you to shape your work. She’s your champion, representing you throughout the book process. It’s her job, yes, but your book competes with every other book […]

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