Will Write for Food

by Jacob, Dianne

• ISBN13: 9780738214047
• ISBN10: 0738214043
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-27
• Publisher: DA CAPO PRESS, INCORPORATED

Summary

The success ofJulie & Juliahighlights the newest trend in food writing: blogging. Noted journalist and food-writing instructor Dianne Jacob has revised her award-winning book to include a chapter covering all the how-to's of food blogging as well as updated resources and new information on working in other wildly popular genres, namely cookbooks and food memoirs. Incredibly timely, this new edition ofWill Write for Foodis the must-have for every foodie who wants to put pen to pageor hands to keyboard.

Author Biography

Dianne Jacob, a journalist and food-writing instructor, has been writing about food for twenty years. She is the coauthor of Grilled Pizzas & Piadinas and lives in Oakland, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
What, Exactly, is Food Writing?	p. 1
Characteristics of a Food Writer	p. 21
Getting Started	p. 33
Get Published with a Food Blog	p. 59
Becoming a Successful Freelance Writer	p. 109
Secrets of Restaurant Reviewing	p. 145
The Cookbook you've always wanted to Write	p. 179
The Art of Recipe Writing	p. 201
Memoir and Nonfiction Food Writing	p. 223
Writing about Food in Fiction	p. 245
How to Get your Book published	p. 263
Acknowledgments	p. 299
Appendix	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 305
Selected Web Sites	p. 319
Index	p. 325
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