Food Writing for Beginners with Soleil Ho

A 4-session series on Sundays March 16, 23, 30, and April 6 from 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Students are welcome to bring in food to consume during the class, as no meal is included in the workshop. Class is limited to 24 students, including a few tickets for those seeking financial assistance. Email Info@18reasons.org to inquire about financial assistance options.

We're excited to be able to offer this writing workshop again with Soleil Ho! In this course, we’ll be focusing on the craft of food writing. These four sessions will serve as a crash course for beginners and those hoping to break into the food writing world with stories of their own to tell. We’ll talk about how to go beyond describing a dish as simply “delicious,” how to find compelling food stories out in the wild, how food criticism actually works, and we’ll even strategize on pitching editors for real. This course will be a mix of reading discussions, Q&A, and in-the-moment writing prompts.

Until becoming an opinion columnist, Soleil Ho (they/them) was the restaurant critic for The San Francisco Chronicle from 2019-2023. They were previously a host and founder of the Racist Sandwich podcast, a freelance food and pop culture writer, and a restaurant worker. 
 

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