Are you eager to develop your food writing skills but lack the time and inspiration to write? Has your source of creativity run dry? Here are 5 ways to spark your creativity in writing. With…
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Thanksgiving and TV Dinners: The Surprising History Between Them
Thanksgiving is a celebration usually composed of food (turkey, sides, and pie, of course), family (and friends for Friendsgiving), and football (humorous commercials!). Gathering around the TV, Thanksgiving revelers let the stomach digest before the…
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…
10 Best Practices to Learning the Language of Food
Have you tried learning another language? Then, you know it takes practice, but there are tricks and best practices to make it easier for you to succeed at learning another language. Here we take the…
5 Writing Techniques That Every Food Blogger Should Know
Learning to write recipe titles is a skill that every food blogger and chef need to know how to do. But, it’s not necessarily the easiest. Naming your recipe “banana muffin” results in over 20…
How to Write Catchy Headlines for Food Blog Posts
Even when you write great content and have delicious recipes, you need catchy titles and headlines to get your blog read. How to write a title that your readers want to read takes practice. In…
Developments in Kitchen Design
Walk into a newly constructed house and you’ll likely find the kitchen to be a main focus. Often described as the ‘heart’ and ‘haven,’ the kitchen is now architecturally designed to be the center of…
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…
Who Gets the Last Piece of Cake? What Dinner Table Manners Tell About You
The Marshalls always request for small slices. You can ask them if they would like just a little more, or if they are sure they are full, and they always express with certainty, “I really…
The Manly Meatloaf: Reflecting on Gender Roles in Cookbooks for Men
Walk into a bookstore, browse Amazon’s cookbook category listings, and you’ll find various genres of cookbooks. There are cookbooks for kids, for vegetarians, for couples, for one, for beginners, and even for dogs! Look closer,…