Weekend Workshop about Food Writing

Grub Street is a local writers' workshop. It is amazing. Expensive, but amazing. Check it out.

WEEKEND WORKSHOP: Sunday, October 19th, 9 - 4PM, Brunch Workshop in Food Writing: Good to the Last Syllable Instructor: Clara Silverstein Whether you whip up four-course meals in your spare time or happily subsist on burgers and fries, you all face the challenge of how to translate the food on your plates to the words on the page. Clara Silverstein, author of two cookbooks and a former food writer at the Boston Herald, leads in-class exercises to help you learn effective techniques for creating a food narrative, from describing a meal to introducing a recipe – without once resorting to the hackneyed descriptions of “mouth-watering” or “delicious.” Excerpts from authors including Laurie Colwin, Daniel Pinkwater, and Jhumpa Lahiri show how to use food as a way to tell a more universal story. You’ll also take a closer look at cookbooks to learn what’s likely to get published these days, and why. NOTE: the class will meet at Grub Street at 9AM, then, after introductions and coffee, walk to the swanky Avila restaurant, which is preparing a special prix fixe brunch. Cost of brunch ($25/person) included in price of course. $120 non-members, $110 members. Includes brunch! Grub Street HQ, 160 Boylston Street, Boston, MA.