Dianne Jacob, Will Write For Food
Useful Tips, Interviews, and Stories to Inspire Food Writers and Bloggers
You like to follow inspiring leaders and publications on social media, right? Do you know this group of Black women editors in food writing? The first three are new to their editorial positions, and the others are publishers who started their own magazines.
Food writers and editors are mostly white. We need change in our industry. The women I’ve featured here are leading the charge, speaking out on [Read more…] about Black Women Editors in Food Writing to Follow Right Now
You’re having one of those days where you get sucked into social media feeds. And you’re scrolling and clicking away, generating negative thoughts on what you’re seeing. Do you even notice?
That’s what I thought. Doing this has a name. It’s called negative thinking. Fancy stuff, eh?
Here are a few examples of negative thoughts while scrolling. It took me about [Read more…] about Those Negative Thoughts While on Social Media
A guest post by Becky Libourel Diamond
The year 2020 commemorates 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment, which secured women’s constitutional right to vote. The U.S. suffrage movement began in 1848, when women demanded the vote at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY. The battle continued for 72 years. Women lobbied, marched, picketed, and protested for the right to cast their say.
While these demonstrations are well documented, there were other, more subversive ways to spread their message: women’s suffrage cookbooks. These cookbooks were compilations of recipes submitted by women devoted to [Read more…] about Recipes for Subversion: Women’s Suffrage Cookbooks Turn 100
Who has time to keep up with what’s happening in food writing? There’s so much: the Bon Appetit scandal, the Los Angeles Times scandal, plus trends and essays related to all kinds of topics, including justice issues and food history.
Well, I do. It’s my job, as the author of Will Write for Food and this blog. And now you can see what all the excitement is about on social media, because [Read more…] about What’s Happening in Food Writing? 28 Can’t Miss LInks
A guest post by Nandita Iyer/Saffron Trail
Twitter is the place for all the latest news, trends and memes. It the one place to stay updated on topics that are important to you. That said, it is also a platform that takes time to grow on you. Many people find Twitter intimidating, either because it’s too noisy or they feel stumped on how to use it.
What is the right kind of content to share on Twitter? How can you use Twitter to [Read more…] about 5 Ways to Up Your Twitter Following and Engagement
A guest post by Mary Cressler and Sean Martin
Our first cookbook launched in April, right after the pandemic hit.
We had spent two years preparing for the launch of Fire + Wine: 75 Smoke-Infused Recipes from the Grill with Perfect Wine Pairings. That included another six months of planned book tour and events post launch.
And then the world shut down in March. But we still had to do cookbook promotion in a pandemic.
The two of us can chuckle now at the mention of “pivot,” but that’s exactly what had to happen. All of our planned in-person events that would have [Read more…] about Cookbook Promotion In a Pandemic
A guest post by Jamie Schler
We chose a photo of the Meringue-Topped Rice Pudding with Apples because it is visually striking and filled the cover space. I named the book Isolation Baking because that was the name of my Twitter project that led to the book, and it was familiar to people. The subtitle “Recipes from my (post) confinement kitchen” signaled that the cookbook wasn’t limited to the period of Covid confinement.
My first e-cookbook came about by accident. And so did giving it away for free. Nevertheless, my free e-cookbook has been a big success and led to some other positive events.
Here’s the backstory: As the world went into lockdown I began sharing recipes on Twitter under the hashtag #IsolationBaking. After panic-shopping, people found themselves with lots of ingredients they didn’t know what to do with, and lots of meals to cook.
They were also looking for a distraction. Social media had become a lifeline for human contact. I started thinking about what I had to offer this huge community now hanging out online.
The answer was recipes. I wanted to reconnect with [Read more…] about Why My Free E-Cookbook Turned Out Better Than I Ever Imagined