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Anonymous asks: How do I get into food writing? I've wanted to be a food journalist since graduating from college. Dear Anonymous: It's a very tough market for food writers, as you know, with some universities barfing out large volumes of grads with MAs and MFAs in "Food Writing" and...
Do you want to be a food writer, too? Many of the visitors to www.JeanPatterson.com send e-mails asking for advice or information about food writing. If a topic isn't covered below, please feel free to send in your own questions. What does a food writer do? Q: What does a food writer do?
Most of the food writers I know got their jobs more by accident than design. Many of us started life doing something completely different and never set out to write about food at all. It just 'kinda happened'.
(Credit: Alyssa Shelasky) So you want to be a food writer. You're into avocado gelato and mapping out Maine's best lobster rolls. You have a radish tat' and own a Japanese cleaver. Congrats! Me, I wanted to write about celebrities. And for years, I did just that for People magazine.
Image via Wikipedia Monica Bhide is a living example of the axiom that success is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Which isn't to belittle Monica's talent as a food writer: She's one of the very best out there. But she's also one of the most persistent, single-minded, positive people [...]
My first handwritten brainstorm for The 4-Hour Chef, here in a signed copy of The Art of Simple Food by the inimitable Alice Waters. -- "Don't be intimidated by the red. You're all good writers." I remember Professor John McPhee saying this when he handed back our first weekly writing assignment.