Writing About Food

The book I read to research this post was How To Write About Food by SJ Sebellin-Ross which is a very good book that I bought from kindle. This book is written by a published food writer and critic and covers the whole gamut of food writing from blogging to writing articles for food publications. One thing SJ stresses is you should always be paid for any writing you do after all they pay the janitor. People in the know are aware that when writing for a publication you sell the idea to the editor then write the article not the other way around. For all you know the editor might have certain requirements and ideas for the article which you might have to follow. Especially for a larger article you must plan what you are going to write which means jotting down some notes. You should also summarize in one sentence what the article is about. If you need experts to interview there is http://expertclick.com where they have a database of experts in any given field. Alternatively you can do a search in Google. This book is around 100 pages so is fairly short. If you have a blog you should look for an angle like local restaurant reviews or indian cuisine that you are going to write about. This will help attract people to your blog as they will hopefully see you as an expert in a niche field although don’t pick so narrow a niche you have trouble finding what to write. Ideally if you are doing any writing on food you are best off finding a niche you can become an expert in. I did thoroughly enjoy reading this book and would recommend it.