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 _ 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.

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.