Food is a universal love language. It unites us; it excites us; it tickles our olfactory system and brings up core memories. Great food can even haunt us. Your first deep dish pizza. The huckleberry milkshake that got away. Meyer lemon zest that whisks you back to childhood trips along the Central Coast.
During focused writing sprints, we’ll explore the connection between food, memory, and place. Inspired by generative prompts and food writing from the greats, we’ll begin to craft mini essays (or one longer essay) that celebrate our great food loves and the rich memories connected to them. With model texts from some of the great food writers, we’ll practice using sensory language to make our writing robust, dynamic, and full of flavor — like any great dish.
You'll come away with material for 1-3 mini essay drafts, or a longer essay that you choose to expand upon, as well as tools to bring the senses, particularly taste and smell, into your writing.
Date and Location
This writing workshop will be online via Zoom from 6 PM to 8 PM on Wednesday, April 22nd.
