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Join Me in Magical Morocco for a Culinary Writing Adventure in May
Settle into a relaxed seaside town to write, explore local markets, cook, taste, and relax.
Dec 18, 2025
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Welcome!
Trends, best practices, advice and more about food writing.
Aug 5, 2021
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Don't Fall for AI Scammers Targeting Us
People (or machines) are getting better at writing emails aimed at writers, and then they con us.
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Caroline Chambers Makes $15k+ Per Recipe
Jan 15, 2024
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Recipes Need a "Lightbulb Moment," says Emily Weinstein, Editor-in-Chief of New York Times Cooking and Food
Jan 15, 2025
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Food restrictions are the dirty little secret of food writing. I'm revealing mine.
Feb 15, 2025
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Find the Work You Love Doing and Look Forward to Coming to it Every Day, says Dorie Greenspan
Mar 15, 2025
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Food Writing is about Giving, says David Lebovitz: Giving Recipes, Giving People Food
Nov 16, 2025
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Part I: A Big List of Cookbook Publishers
Dec 15, 2022
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Food Writing
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Holiday Gift Books to Buy for Yourself
Hey, it's not just about everyone else's presents!
Dec 1, 2025
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Three Journalism Techniques to Try
When you edit, these approaches amp up your writing.
Nov 1, 2025
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A Food Writing Prompt in Sicily
At my food writing workshop, I showed the students how they could improve their writing. Now it's your turn.
Oct 1, 2025
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Recipe Writing
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The Writer or Editor of 15,000 Recipes (so far) Tells us How It's Done
Cookbook author David Joachim reveals how he writes a recipe and why, and says not to bother if there's no love and joy.
Oct 5, 2025
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What is Flavormaxing and Will it Impact Recipe Writing?
We are living and eating in the hyperflavor era, according to The New York Times. Does that mean recipes will get more complicated?
Jun 1, 2025
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Recipes Need a "Lightbulb Moment," says Emily Weinstein, Editor-in-Chief of New York Times Cooking and Food
With 24,000 recipes in the NYT Cooking database, this high-powered editor knows what she wants from them -- and writers
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