Are you passionate about food and eager to transform your culinary adventures into sweet prose or savory verse? Or are you a nosh novice seeking inspiration to craft delectable words? Join us for a food writing session and potluck on Saturday, November 8, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the art of writing about food across multiple genres, including fiction, poetry, and memoir. Through hands-on exercises and engaging discussions, we'll weave sensory details and personal experiences into our writing.
Bring your favorite holiday dish to share as we indulge in a delightful afternoon of food and words, nurturing our creativity and celebrating the joy of culinary storytelling.
Registration is required. Please see full details on Eventbrite. Suggested donation is $20 though pay what you can, no one will be turned away.
Outline
Appetizer Introductions: Name, favorite food, writing genre
Word Salad Culinary words
- Exercise: Write for five minutes about a food-related memory incorporating some or all of these words.
Cheese Plate Examples from different genres
- Discussion about the examples
- Exercise: Write for ten minutes either reworking the previous exercise or starting a new piece emulating something from one of the examples.
Main Course All five senses
- Exercise: Write for fifteen minutes describing a favorite culinary experience or an imagined one involving all five senses.
Dessert Pictures of dessert-related ingredients and words.
- Exercise: Write for ten minutes, layering the images, words, and anything from previous exercises.
- Invite people to share from any of the exercises.
About the Facilitator:
Jessica Trujillo is a fiction writer and former pastry chef from Tacoma. Her work has been featured in Halfway Down the Stairs and The Weekly Volcano. She’s recently discovered that her calling in life is to help others develop their own unique creative voices. You can find her on Instagram @writersroomtacoma.
This program is supported in part by Tacoma Creates, a program of the City of Tacoma.