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A Self-published Cookbook Author Gets Her Own Magazine

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Melissa Joulwan has always done things her own way. Now she gets her own magazine! She started a blog, built a following, wrote three award-winning self-published cookbooks, and recently, moved to Prague with Dave, her husband and photographer.

I’ve written about her success as a self-published cookbook author: 5 Things I learned from Selling Almost 300,000 Cookbooks, and Self-publishing Success wth a Paleo Cookbook.

But this! She gets her own magazine?

I didn’t find out about Melissa’s latest venture until a friend showed me [Read more…] about A Self-published Cookbook Author Gets Her Own Magazine

An Italy Food and Wine Writing Workshop in April 2018

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A salumeria tasting during the workshop. The butcher ages the cured meats in local wine and salt –that’s all. That’s me helping myself at the bottom right. Co-host Demet, who speaks Italian, smiles at our poetic cutter and server. (Photo by Owen Rubin)

Because I had such a blast at last year’s Italy food and wine writing workshop, it was easy to say “Yes!” when co-host Demet Guzey suggested we do it again.

Because of the small number of rooms in our spectacular villa in Verona, we can host only 6-7 students. That just means more attention from the instructors! Last year we [Read more…] about An Italy Food and Wine Writing Workshop in April 2018

How to Find and Attract Editors for Pitching Articles

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You have a great idea for a story, but finding and attracting an editor to read it is another matter. Often mastheads and websites offer no contact information, and you’re at a loss about how to find someone to pitch.

Enter Devra Ferst. She is a freelance food writer, editor, and cooking teacher based in [Read more…] about How to Find and Attract Editors for Pitching Articles

Fall Enrollment at Food Blogger Pro Starts Now

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It’s time again for Fall Enrollment at Food Blogger Pro (FBP). So if you’ve been wanting to:

  • Produce high-quality recipe videos
  • Build traffic using social media, food sharing sites and Search Engine Optimization
  • Take stellar photos of food
  • Use plugins to improve your blog and add functionality

…and many other subjects of interest to food bloggers, here is the place to sign up and learn. Food Blogger Pro has more than [Read more…] about Fall Enrollment at Food Blogger Pro Starts Now

Giveaway: “Best Cookbook in the World,” The Artful Baker

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Yes, The Best Cookbook in the World is a real award for The Artful Baker: Extraordinary Desserts From an Obsessive Home Baker. And you can win a copy of this $50 book by leaving a comment below.

Cenk Sonmezsoy, a Turk who started his Cafe Fernando food blog in 2006, won Best in the World at the 2015 Gourmand World Cookbooks awards. It was for the [Read more…] about Giveaway: “Best Cookbook in the World,” The Artful Baker

Why Food Writer Tori Ritchie Got an MFA in Creative Writing

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Tori Ritchie had been a food writer for 25+ years when she decided to get an MFA in Creative Writing. She was editing and writing cookbooks, teaching cooking, and writing freelance.

But she found that the landscape had changed. Marketing and editorial budgets dried up when the recession hit, and blogging took over spaces where she used to make money. So she decided to repurpose.

There were more reasons: She teaches food writing at [Read more…] about Why Food Writer Tori Ritchie Got an MFA in Creative Writing

Culinary Maven Nathalie Dupree Writes About Sexual Assault

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Can food writers write about more than food on social media? Nathalie Dupree wrote about sexual abuse. Yep, it’s a real shocker. Nathalie Dupree, a beloved Grand Dame of the food world, has more to discuss than cooking.

The rest of us do too, because we have a life that goes beyond cooking. But most of us don’t have her guts.

To be clear, Nathalie posts about lots of things on Facebook to her 7000+ friends:

  • Politics
  • Funny signs
  • Questions, such as: “Do you know Jewish people who eat Chinese food on Christmas? Tell me more!”
  • Personal stories and rememberances
  • Funny statements, such as “I wish I had been born later so I could wear straggled uncombed hair like the models do” and “I’d think I got up on the wrong side of the bed, except my cute husband was there.”
  • Her video recipes from the Post and Courier
  • Cat stories and cat videos.

But last week, this is what she wrote [Read more…] about Culinary Maven Nathalie Dupree Writes About Sexual Assault