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Memoir

How Michael Twitty Wrote the James Beard Book of the Year

October 2, 2018 by diannejacob 8 Comments

image of Michael Twitty titleI’ve been trying to nail down Michael Twitty for an interview since May, when he won the James Beard Book of the Year for The Cooking Gene, as well as the award for Best Narrative Writing. And the awards are for his first book, which makes them even more impressive.

Twitty’s book explores the history of his Black ancestors through Southern food, his Jewishness, his coming out as a gay man, and more. You will find the history of race, politics and enslavement through his lens. It’s a long, complicated, funny, sad (about his slave ancestors), and [Read more…] about How Michael Twitty Wrote the James Beard Book of the Year

Filed Under: Awards, Memoir Tagged With: James Beard Awards, Michael Twitty, The Cooking Gene, writing award-winning food memoir

Favorite Personal Essays and Why They’re So Good

September 18, 2018 by diannejacob 5 Comments

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Personal essays — ostensively about food — tug at your heart by bringing up emotions. No matter if you’re writing about Chinese food, your trip to Bolivia or [Read more…] about Favorite Personal Essays and Why They’re So Good

Filed Under: Memoir, Writing Tagged With: French writing workshop, workshops on personal essays writing, writing personal essays

Yemisi Aribisala’s Fearless, Sensuous Food Memoir

August 21, 2018 by diannejacob 9 Comments

interview with Yemisi AribisalaWhen I suggested on Instagram and Twitter that you will love Yemisi Aribisala’s book, Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds, to my surprise, the author herself answered me.

“I once wrote you a long long time ago,” she said. “I tried to find the email but couldn’t. I believe I sent you Fish Soups and Love Potions after reading and being inspired by the 2010 Will Write For Food. I still have it… and it is just amazing to be chatting with you via Twitter.”

I immediately asked to interview Aribisala, because I [Read more…] about Yemisi Aribisala’s Fearless, Sensuous Food Memoir

Filed Under: Memoir Tagged With: Longthroat Memoirs, Nigerian food, writing food memoir, Yemisi Aribisala

An Interview With Anthony Bourdain: “Absolute Fearlessness is Essential”

June 11, 2018 by diannejacob 67 Comments

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On the ferry to Vashon Island while filming Parts Unknown in Seattle, Washington, in 2017. Photo by David Scott Holloway, courtesy of CNN.

When I heard the shocking news, I thought back to my interview with Anthony Bourdain about writing and eating.

I wanted to interview him about writing. In 2004 I was working on the first edition of Will Write for Food, my book about how to become a food [Read more…] about An Interview With Anthony Bourdain: “Absolute Fearlessness is Essential”

Filed Under: Memoir, Writing Tagged With: Anthony Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain on memoir, Anthony Bourdain on writing

Speaking Your Truth

January 16, 2018 by diannejacob 4 Comments

Oprah want you to be "speaking your truth."Oprah said it last week on the Golden Globes. She wants you to be “speaking your truth.” She said she’s “especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to [Read more…] about Speaking Your Truth

Filed Under: Memoir Tagged With: food memoir writing, memoir, Oprah Winfrey, personal essay

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

April 11, 2017 by diannejacob 7 Comments

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 James Beard and other awards. He’s been a correspondent and guest host on The Splendid Table and Martha Stewart Radio, and appeared on The Today Show.

Now he’s accomplished a huge goal, and I couldn’t be more proud. He’s written [Read more…] about Q&A: David Leite on Food, Mental Illness and Coming Out

Filed Under: Memoir Tagged With: food and memory, foood memoir, memoir writing

How I Won 12 Book Awards for My Memoir

March 7, 2017 by diannejacob 10 Comments

A guest post by Judith Newton

Since independently publishing my food memoir, Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen (She Writes Press) in 2013, my book has won 12 book awards. Once Dianne found this out, she asked me to speculate about why.

Tasting Home, to give you some sense of the book, is a feminist coming-of-age story about overcoming childhood and other traumas. Cooking for and dining with others had been fundamental to this process. Each chapter [Read more…] about How I Won 12 Book Awards for My Memoir

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Memoir Tagged With: how to win book awards, writing food memoir, writing memoir

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