Food writing isn’t limited to reviews of restaurants and test-kitchen recommendations. Adding food references to a story add dimension to characters, setting and plot. And what better time than the holidays to pay attention to the food on the table while taking notes for a story? Here’s a list of craft recipes to guide you from the first course to dessert.
Use food to drive plot.
Including references to food in your writing can help draw your readers in, even if food is not the main subject of the story. Find out here how former food writer and cookbook author Bharti Kirchner uses food throughout her work.
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