The Writer’s Notepad

I recently wrote some shorts for my writing class (I know, I know, I’m talking a lot about that lately). Shorts are those small blurbs you find in the beginnings of newspaper sections and magazines, which give you a little bit of information on a topic and are often accompanied by pictures. They’re [...]

The Egg Cream Conundrum

 
This post came out of a reading assignment for my food writing class. The topic was memoirs, and one article we had to read told the story of a boy’s experience making egg creams on Wall Street one summer. Many things about the article made me want to throw it across the room, [...]

The Writer’s Notepad

As I’ve hinted at, I’ve decided to start a new column on my blog. It’s based on the food writing course that I am taking as part of my master’s in gastronomy at Boston University. The instructor is Sheryl Julian, editor of the food section of the Boston Globe. Each week we write [...]