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Why Food Writer Tori Ritchie Got an MFA in Creative Writing

October 31, 2017 by diannejacob 21 Comments

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

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