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An Ireland Writing Workshop and Food Tour in October 2020

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I’m thrilled to announce a new event: a four-day writing workshop and food tour in West Cork, Ireland in October, 2020.

West Cork leads Ireland in artisan food production. The BBC called it the “food capital of Ireland,” and the Irish Times named the area the “top foodie destination” in the country. In 2017, West Cork was named the Restaurants Association of Ireland’s No. 1 Foodie Destination. What better place to hold a food writing workshop and tour, right?

For this event I’ll partner with Kate Ryan, a food writer and food tour guide who lives and works in West Cork. In the morning you’ll get instruction from me on such topics as  first-person essays and the power of [Read more…] about An Ireland Writing Workshop and Food Tour in October 2020

7 Ways to Deal with Negative Feedback on Your Writing

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image for post on how to deal with negative feedbackNegative feedback on your writing is hard, even when someone delivers it with sensitivity. I got negative feedback regularly from my writing group, but it was rarely as bad as it sounds.

Most of the time, the members were complimentary. When I got negative feedback, I tried to see it from their point of view. Because sometimes I get so [Read more…] about 7 Ways to Deal with Negative Feedback on Your Writing

How to Find Inspiration in Recipe Development

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A guest post by Kathryn Pauline 

“Do you ever worry you’ll run out of ideas?” was one of the most stressful things people asked me about blogging when I first started. Now that I’ve been doing recipe development for  years, I have developed over 200 recipes that I love. That anxiety has more or less gone away.

Fortunately, it’s actually pretty easy to set yourself up for creative success with recipe development, and to make sure that your success is meaningful and [Read more…] about How to Find Inspiration in Recipe Development

University Acquires Papers of Cookbook Author Nathalie Dupree

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image of Nathalie DupreeAre you a collector of food memorabililia and person of some consequence? Good. Maybe a university that aquires papers will be interested in your collection.

Nathalie Dupree, the esteemed author of 13 cookbooks and the host of more than 300 cooking shows for The Food Network, PBS and The Learning Channel, sold [Read more…] about University Acquires Papers of Cookbook Author Nathalie Dupree

5 Tips for Hosting a Food Blogging Retreat

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A guest post by Jasmine Lukuku

A few years ago, I felt restless about blogging. I’d poured a lot of time into developing a niche community for Black Food Bloggers Club on Facebook. The group had grown organically, but I was eager to connect with members face-to-face at a blogging retreat.

After polling the group to gauge interest, I decided to host a blogging retreat in New Orleans. We would spend mornings [Read more…] about 5 Tips for Hosting a Food Blogging Retreat

My Blog About Food Writing Turns 10 (and How Blogging has Changed)

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image for post about blog turning 10At the first-ever BlogHer conference in 2009, I announced that I had just started my blog about food writing. At the time I was on a panel, sandwiched between Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman; and Susan Russo of Food Blogga.

You might know what happened to these two since then: Drummond went on to the Food Network and became an [Read more…] about My Blog About Food Writing Turns 10 (and How Blogging has Changed)