Competitions
Food Writing Competitions We have a keen interest in identifying the food writers of the future. Are you one of them? Many are in graduate programs in Food Studies now. Or they are students in other,...
View ArticleThe Rambling Epicure History
The Rambling Epicure is a daily international food chronicle, and the first online journal to follow global food trends and news. It was founded by Jonell Galloway (LINK to TRE About) in 2009. Based in...
View ArticleFood & Wine Tasting Masterclass, Chartres, France
Food and Wine Tasting Masterclass in Chartres, France 18 – 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 Exploring the Food and Wine of the Beauce and the Loire Valley with James Flewellen and Jonell Galloway Through a series of...
View ArticleFood Writing Prompts: A Brighter Kitchen
by Elatia Harris We value a bright kitchen for many reasons — ventilation, ease of cleaning, the unimpeded visibility of the food we prepare, and not least, the maintenance of the mood of the cook. The...
View ArticleFood Writing Prompts: Your Own Desk is a Prompt
by Elatia Harris So many great writers need their writing rooms to meet precise specs. E.B. White preferred a rough-hewn, minimalist space, with nothing but a typewriter. Virginia Woolf needed lots of...
View ArticleThe TRE Quiz: Were You Destined to Become a Food Writer?
by Elatia Harris Below you will find a spectrum of behaviors that are food writer markers in early life, as well as some behaviors that do not strongly associate to food writing. Say yes to all that...
View ArticleWelcome to Mastering the Art of Food Writing
Are you new here? Welcome. And if you haven’t come over in a while, then welcome back. Our renovated site will LAUNCH VERY SOON. To be included in the launch festivities, sign in above right. Yes,...
View ArticleThe Kate Middleton Diet
Everyone is interested in Kate Middleton’s diet(s), especially now that she is pregnant with her second child by Jonell Galloway Everyone is interested in Kate Middleton’s diet, but is there really...
View Article10 Classic Writers Who Talk About Food
by Jonell Galloway Food writing is not confined to food writers. After all, food concerns us all and we all have something to say about it. Some use it as metaphor, others as porn. Here are a few...
View ArticleWendell Berry Quote: Why do Farmers Farm?
Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: "Love. They must do it for love." Farmers farm for...
View ArticleRecipe: Shaker-style Apple Custard Oat Pie
by Jonell Galloway Apple Custard Oatmeal Filling For one 9-inch pie crust 6 egg yolks 4 egg whites 1 cups brown sugar 1 cup melted butter 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats Juice of one lemon 1 tsp. cinnamon 2...
View ArticleWendell Berry Quotes
When people learn to preserve the richness of the land that God has given them and the rights to enjoy the fruits of their own labors then will be the time when all shall have meat in the smokehouse...
View ArticleFood Writing Tips & Resources
This site has a helpful list of tips and resources for food writers. Although outdated, it still serves as a good source, and recommends books, periodicals, works and websites. Click here.
View Article2014 Top Ten Books on Food and Cooking
By Elatia Harris Every Thanksgiving I make a list of the 10 books about food and cooking that made the greatest impact on me that year. My criteria? I have to have bought them, read them through,...
View ArticleRecipe: Chicken-Fried Steak
Recipe: Chicken-Fried Steak by Jonell Galloway 4 cube steaks 1 1/2 cups plain flour, more if necessary 2 eggs Olive oil or lard for frying Salt Pepper Large cast iron skillet Gravy: 1 –...
View ArticleWomen Who Eat Too Much — In Art
by Elatia Harris Can minor masters be too cruel? Let’s take a look at that. For even apparent cruelty, in painting, can be far less, far greater, and far different than it appears. A recent...
View ArticleVenice in Mind: View from Supermarket
by Jonell Galloway It’s worth it to move to Venice just to have a view like this when you walk out of the supermarket. This is in Cannaregio, one of the six siestri of Venice.
View Article3-DAY TASTE AWAKENING COURSE 19-21 JUNE, DURING CHARTRES SUMMER SOLSTICE...
Award-winning wine writer, James Flewellen, and Cordon Bleu-educated chef and food journalist, Jonell Galloway, present wine and food tasting masterclasses in the historic French city of Chartres....
View ArticleHow To Be A Poet, by Wendell Berry
How To Be A Poet, by Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill—more of each than you have—inspiration,...
View ArticleSpices, Corruption and Taxes
Spices and Corruption: Spices were so expensive that they could be given as gifts. Custom was to give them to judges during trials as thanks…or to corrupt them. In the 14th century, the term “spices”...
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