One of the best ways to have a rich, fulfilling, successful life? Keep a personal journal. Writing down ideas, desires, experiences, and conclusions about the people and events that touch your life every day helps…
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Increase Your Literacy and Multiliteracy Through Food
Literacy and its newer, more complex cousin multiliteracy are terms that are used in the teaching world as ways to talk about what skills are needed to communicate. But these concepts are useful to those…
What Creatives Can Learn from 101 Dalmatians
Growing up, we would watch few movies, but when we did, it was usually in the Disney category. A particular favorite was 101 Dalmatians that we watched, partly in terror of the angular-shaped, purple-lipped, aptly-named…
How to Write a Thank-You Letter
Sending a note of thanks is a wonderful way to recognize someone and to let them know you care about them. Writing has become more informal over the years, and people are sending fewer hand-written…
3 Sources of Inspiration for Describing Food Color: Crayons, Eggplants, Rubies
Have you ever tried to describe a food or dish you recently had and wished you had the words for it? If you are a food blogger and writer, you have experienced creativity block (like…
What does pumpkin taste like? Tips and more for describing boring foods
In writing about food, we realize that certain foods are boring and subtle in flavor, like an aimless road tripper that relies on others for direction and a plan. Take pumpkin for instance. Most think…
What We Can Learn From Recipe Titles
The title of a recipe gives the first impression of the dish and the author. Located prominently, recipe titles are printed in special, large type, memorable to readers as units because they are official labels…