Will Write for Food
The Complete Guide to Writing Restaurant Reviews,
Cookbooks, Recipes, Stories and More
If you are a food lover who wants
to express yourself, this book will guide you from your
earliest creative impulses to successful articles, restaurant
reviews and cookbooks. Interviews with award-winning writers
such as Jeffrey Steingarten, Calvin Trillin, Molly O’Neill
and Deborah Madison, plus well-known food editors and
literary agents, fill out a portrait of how to write what
magazines and book publishers want, giving you the background
you need to get started and the confidence follow through.
You'll find comprehensive yet accessible
chapters ranging from restaurant reviewing to cookbooks to memoir.
Focused exercises at the end of chapters stimulate creativity
and help organize thought, building practical skills. Will
Write for Food is the first and conclusive guidebook to
the incredibly popular world of food writing.
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Reviews and in the news
- Paris: Read blogger extraordinaire David
Lebovitz's review on his web site
- Ottawa: Four-time James Beard
award winner
Natalie
Maclean, also named World's Best Drink writer,
said Will Write for Food is "the best guide to
food (and by extension wine) writing yet. Jacob is clear, insightful
and practical
with
her
advice. This is a must-buy for anyone thinking of a career
in wine and food writing, as well as for those already
practicing the craft."
- Washington, DC: Juliette Rossant of
superchefblog.com interviewed me
and reviewed my book after my class at the Smithsonian
- Seattle, WA: Read the
review of my book in the Seattle
Times
daily newspaper
- New York, NY: See photos of
my Mediabistro book launch party
- ASFS
Quarterly ( the Association for the Study of
Food and Society) published a rave review.
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Chef Craig and I at a San Francisco pizza demo and book signing.