This fast-paced workshop covers the basics: query letters, writing articles for newspapers and magazines, food book and cookbook proposals, ebooks, recipe writing, restaurant reviewing, blogging, etc. It is intended as a brief introduction for those interested in entering the field.

Andy Smith conducts the acclaimed Roger Smith Food Writing conference in New York City and teaches Food Studies at the New School University in New York. He is the editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, has edited or authored more than 20 books, and has written more than 1000 articles on culinary topics. 

Smith will be conducting a Culinary Historians Program before the foodwriting workshop.  Come to the morning meeting and enjoy a sampling of tuna casserole for lunch!  

To purchase a spot in this workship, please send your check to Culinary Historians of Chicago, 280 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park, IL, 60035-2620 or go to BrownPaperTickets. For additional information, call 847-432-8255.