Media Mentions

Interviews and Podcasts

A podcast with David Lebovitz: A casual and fun conversation about who “owns” a recipe, why we switched from our blogs to a newsletter, how to attribute a recipe, changes in the world of food writing, and more. 

A podcast with Kimberly Espinel, London food photographer, about AI, Substack and the future of food writing. 

For the launch of Will Write for Food, 4th edition (2021):

• Interview with David Lebovitz (above) for Book Larder bookstore. We had a blast, and more than 300 people attended!
• Will Write for Food – How to Make Money by Writing about Food with Dianne Jacob. An interview with Bjork Ostrum, the brains behind Food Blogger Pro, about how recipe content online has changed, how much you can expect to make from writing a cookbook, whether you can get a cookbook deal without a following, and how paid newsletters work (includes a transcript of the podcast)
• A podcast interview on Everything Cookbooks by veteran cookbook authors Molly Stevens and Kate Leahy about the history of modern food writing through Will Write for Food
• A podcast interview on Salt and Spine about how a cookbook gets published
• An interview by memoir coach and author Marion Roach Smith, “How We Find Our Writer’s Voice, with Dianne Jacob”
• A very fun interview with cookbook author Virginia Willis
• A podcast interview with Abe Books, about writing technique, cookbook structures, testosterone in food memoir and more
•  My podcast with New Books Network about how food writing has become political, how food blogging has changed, and the role of social media in in getting a cookbook deal
• A video and podcast interview with Jason Logsdon of Makin’ Bacon about how food blogging has morphed over time, and how to make money as a food blogger. 
• A podcast on Creative Canadian Women with Melissa Hartfiel of Food Bloggers of Canada (here she’s podcasting for And She Looked Up), about finding your voice, writing for SEO while showcasing your personality, and finding the right publishing path. This podcast goes into my past career, which I haven’t discussed that much
• Eat Your Books published an interview with me
• Dianne Jacob’s ‘Will Write for Food’ gets 4th edition. This is a news item from The Jewish News Northern California, so it includes some intel on my background
• Chef and writer Rozanne Gold interviewed me about the new edition. She is a lively writer!
• A second event with Food Blogger Pro — a live Q&A, supposedly about recipe writing, but we got into all kinds of subjects, including resistance and the right time to write a cookbook.

Older events:

• Podcast interview, “How to Find Your Voice and be Heard in a Noisy World,” with Bjork Oldstrum of Food Blogger Pro
• Short interview on KCRW Good Food radio show on food writing. Click on the arrow to hear
• Q&A with food blogger David Lebovitz
• Podcast about writing memoir on Women of a Certain Age. It was one of their “most listened to” podcasts, according to producer Cindie Flannigan
• Feature article, Washington Post, “Cook Smarter. You’ll be happier in the kitchen,” and quote in “‘Salt to taste,’ taken with a grain of regret“
• Hate the word ‘moist’? Get over it — the alternatives are worse. I was quoted in this Washington Post article
• Quotes, Chicago Tribune, “Recipe remedies: 10 surefire ways to avoid kitchen pitfalls“
• Feature article in Haaretz daily paper in Israel, “The Writer’s Guide to Surviving the Digital Age”
• Feature article in the Dubai daily paper, The National
• How to pitch a newspaper or magazine feature: Dianne Jacob’s valuable advice, The National daily newspaper, Dubai
• Feature interview, BBC Good Food Middle East 
• Interview, Writing.ie (Ireland), Food Writing So Good You Can Taste It
• Podcast, Can You Make a Living as a Food Writer?, an interview with the founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition

• Interview, BlogHer, about food writing trends
• Interview, Content Mastery Guide, “How to Expand Your Food Blogging Vocabulary with Tips from Dianne Jacob and Julia Child”
• Podcast interview, Bloggers versus Journalists, on KWMR radio.
• Interview with the Christian Science Monitor about my book, Will Write for Food
• Interview on KQED Bites about food blogging
• Interview on LitRave about how I got started as a food writer, and about trends in food writing
• Feature blog post, BookTrib.com, “Cooking Up the Best Food Writing”
• Interview, Fearless Fresh blog, “Dianne Jacob on Learning How to Cook”
• Interview on Kitchen Lane blog, on blogging
• Interview on Coach.me on the writing process
• Interview on Cooking with Amy on why I cook
• Interview on Lisa is Cooking on what I’m reading
• Interview on Wild Table about influences
• Interview with Seattle Tall Poppy blogger Traca Savadogo
• Interview with Taste Food blogger Linda Balslev
• Interview with Wild River Review on why I cook
• Interview with Juls Kitchen, about food blogging
• Interview with Marcela Landres in Latinidad, about food writing
• Interview with Food Bloggers Australia about food blogging
• Interview with Plate to Page about food blogging
• Interview with FooDiva about food writing
• Interview with HungryAustralian about food writing
• Interview with FoodyDirect about food writing
• Quoted in feature article about who owns recipes in The Tablet.com
• Toronto Star feature article on the San Francisco Ferry Plaza, with me as a guide

Publications and websites mentioning my blog or book: 

• Cherry Bombe magazine
• Poynter News University blog
• Eater.com, also here
• BlogHer syndicated blog posts 
• Publisher’s Weekly, “The Future of Food Writing”
• Cafe Fernando
• SF Weekly named me the “fairy godmother to an entire generation of food bloggers” (!)
• Culinate “Current Trends in Food Blogs”, also here
• Bay Area Bites
• Adweek
• The Oregonian on “What We Like to Watch, Read, Click”
• The New Haven Register
• Pursuit of it All, Will Write for Food & The Value of Lifelong Learning
• Chris Guillebeau: Dream Jobs Don’t Always Have Glamorous Beginnings
• (a)Musing Foodie: 4 Takeaways After Reading Will Write for Food