Events

• January 28, 2012
  Speaker
  Food Blog South
  Birmingham, AL
  $150
  
  I'll be speaking on ethics at this one-day conference. It should be a rollicking discussion!
  
  
  
• February 18, 2012
  Food Writing For Food Lovers
  The Writing Salon
  Berkeley, CA
  $95 members/$110 non-members
  
  A one-day class and workshop for the food obsessed who love to write, in the San Francisco Bay Area.We'll cover blogging, recipe writing, freelancing, and cookbooks, with interactive exercises.
  
  
  
• March 27, 2012
  Instructor
  Creating and Selling Your Dream Cookbook
  SeeFood Media
  New York, NY
  $250
  
  Join me, cookbook author Denise Vivaldo, self-publishing pro Martha Hopkins, and food photographer Jamie Tiempo at this one day class on that gives you insider info from the experts.
  
  
• April 13, 2012
  Guest speaker
  
  Nourished Food Blogger Conference
  Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
  Chicago, IL
  $115/$135
  
  I'll be teaching a writing class for bloggers at this one day conference aimed at special diets.
  
  

Interviews

• An interview with the Christian Science Monitor about my book, Will Write for Food.
  
  
• Here's an interview on LitRave about how I got started as a food writer, and about trends in food writing.
  
  
• My Q&A with Paris-based food writer David Lebovitz on davidlebovitz.com
  
  
• A podcast on food writing with Edible Radio.
  
  

What Students Say I cannot speak more highly of the class. I found your book and teaching style to be informative and engaging. I learned more than I could imagine from the other students. The format of your classes was perfect.Starting with a review of the writing assignments and then moving onto the new content was just right. You have had a profound impact on my awareness of food writing and appreciation of the skill set needed to succeed in this specialized writing arena.You are an outstanding teacher. I recommend your class to all interested in the world of food writing. -Sasha Mardikian, Berkeley, CA See this post on a food writing class I taught at Food Blogger Camp in Ixtapa, Mexico, this post on a class I taught in Seattle, and this one on a blogging class in San Francisco.   Thanks again for the wonderfully inspiring class. It is always a thrill to meet the author of a book that I open again and again. - Anna Mindess, Berkeley, CA "I took a class on food writing from Dianne and found her to be an inspiring and down-to-earth teacher. She made me believe that a career in food writing was more than a dream, that it could be a reality, as long as I broke it down into small steps. Her segment on writing a book proposal was especially enlightening to me. Despite having worked in journalism and public relations in the past, I would not have known how to "get it right" without her class. I know from after class discussions with other participants that it was especially helpful to them as well. Her class was a life-defining experience for me. I plan on taking future seminars from her and would not hesitate to recommend others interested in food writing do the same." -Faith Kramer, Oakland, CA, who started Blog Appetit shortly afterwards "As far the Smithsonian class is concerned, it was one of the best, if not the best class I've ever taken on creative writing. Your in-class exercises were inspirational and idea generating. I especially loved your analysis of metaphors and memory in food writing which made the whole process come alive with possibilities. I read your handouts which were perfect examples of original and diverse writing and made me look at writing in a new way. I was also very entertained by your guest speakers and found your questions to be exactly the kinds of things I would have liked to have asked myself. As I said, I'd take the class again tomorrow if I could. If you give it again, please reserve a place for me! I'm half way through your book and feel both prepared and inspired to write but daunted by the hard work it takes. Thanks again for teaching me something.” -Angela Schaffner, Washington, DC