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June Workshop on Culinary Storytelling in Cambodia

I know, right? Sometimes I have to pinch myself. I taught my first workshop with food and travel photographer David Hagerman and food and travel writer Robyn Eckhardt in Turkey last October, and had a blast. Now they’ve invited me back, this time to teach culinary storytelling in Cambodia in June. Our workshop is Crafting Culinary Stories: An Intensive […]

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7 Tips to Successfully Crowdfund a Cookbook

A guest post by Kathy Strahs Over the past 18 months, both first-time and established authors learned to crowdfund a cookbook on Kickstarter, and raised good money. Here’s a sample: Leanne Brown, Good and Cheap: $144,681 Hank Shaw, Buck, Buck, Moose: $93,763 Emily Kaiser Thelin and Andrea Nguyen: UNFORGETTABLE: $91,465 Anna Watson Carl, The Yellow Table Cookbook: […]

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For a Cookbook Review, is Testing Recipes Essential?

I had my 15 minutes of fame in December, when The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and NPR included the cookbook I co-wrote with chef Craig Priebe, The United States of Pizza, in their 2015 holiday round-ups of best books or cookbooks of the year. It was a giddy time because, as you know, a […]

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Food Blogging and Writing Conferences in 2016

Are you attending food blogging and writing conferences this year? Or speaking at one? I hope you’ll pick at least one. Conferences are a great way to shake up your brain, network in person, and get re-inspired about what you love. And if you’d like to speak, there’s usually an online place to apply. Below are two lists of food blogging […]

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Thanks, really.

I know you’re busy. Just look at all that happens online! Are we suckered into paying attention to this stuff? Yes. So it makes it even more relevant for me to say thanks for a reading, thinking, and commenting about food writing in all its forms, here on my blog. It’s amazing to me that […]

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How Old Are You in Internet Years?

I had a big birthday recently, and was rather shocked to see the photos. I had aged, and I didn’t like it. It’s because I’m accustomed to seeing a younger me online. In Internet years I am up to 10 years younger. The thing is, I like those old shots quite a bit. But this year, I forced myself to […]

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Writing a High-Quality Recipe is Like a Report, says Real Simple Editor

As the food director at Real Simple magazine, responsible for all recipes, Sarah Copeland has lots of opinions — and experience — about writing a high-quality recipe good enough for a national magazine. A former freelancer and veteran of several magazines, Sarah’s recipes and articles have appeared in Saveur, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness, Better Homes & Gardens, Martha […]

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Are You Making These 2 Mistakes When Writing Sponsored Posts?

I meet lots of food bloggers at conferences who are writing sponsored posts. Here are two stories of their first experiences that didn’t turn out well: 1. Prioritizing the brand over readers. In the Q&A after my talk, a food blogger wanted to know why readers suddenly unsubscribed from her blog after she wrote sponsored posts. She said […]

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Why Blog in Two Languages? Chocolate & Zucchini Says it’s Worth It

A blog in two languages wasn’t a decision veteran food blogger Clotilde Dusoulier of Chocolate & Zucchini took lightly, but she has seen rewards — and challenges — she never imagined. Dusoulier was a young Parisienne who spent a few years in the Silicon Valley as a software engineer before returning to Paris. She launched the English version […]

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Nigella Lawson’s Strong Voice

Cookbook author Nigella Lawson has that elusive strong voice writers covet, the one fans recognize anywhere. I heard it when I went to hear her speak to promote her new book, Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food. She’s brilliant (an Oxford graduate in medieval studies), funny and intimate. She wrote interviews and film reviews at first, eventually turning to […]

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