Will Write for Food (4th Edition)

With recipe-driven blogs, cookbooks, and endless foodie websites on the rise, food writing is ever in demand--and it with the ongoing rise of social media platforms, it is ever evolving. That said, good writing is always good writing. In this award-winning guide, noted journalist and writing instructor Dianne Jacob offers tips and strategies for crafting your best work, getting published, and other ways to turn your passion into cash. Tackling every genre, from your first forays online to building a social media empire to publishing your dream cookbook, Jacob shares insider secrets and helpful advice from award-winning writers, agents, and editors. Will Write for Food is still the essential guide to go from starving artist to well-fed writer.

"Will Write for Food should be mandatory reading for everyone who aspires to be a food writer."--Epicurious.com, "A thorough tour through the increasingly dense jungle of food writing...invaluable to all writers who want a new or bigger audience for their work, whether in digital form, in blogs, in magazines, in cookbooks, or in food memoir."--Michael Ruhlman, ruhlman.com and coauthor of The French Laundry Cookbook, "After writing a successful blog for over a decade, writing four books, and still expanding my business, I really do credit this book with giving me the hope I could do this."--Shauna James Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef, "Dianne Jacob has presented budding food writers with a clear blueprint on how to get started in the business."--Michael Bauer, former Executive Food and Wine Editor, San Francisco Chronicle , "I wish I'd read Dianne's book before I started a tiny little food blog on a whim years ago. For current and aspiring food writers, it's positively dripping with helpful advice and information!"--Ree Drummond, author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks and thepioneerwoman.com

Dianne Jacob is a popular speaker as food writing conferences and workshops in America and around the world. She judges for both the James Beard Foundation annual cookbook awards and the IACP annual cookbook awards. The coauthor of Grilled Pizzas and Piadinas and The United States of Pizza, and the writer of The Good Pantry, she lives in Oakland, California.