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JUST RELEASED! by Andrew F. Smith
Fast Food and Junk Food FEATURED TITLES Starving the South Potato |
About Andrew F. SmithAndrew F. Smith is a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history. He serves as the general editor for the Edible Series, published by Reaktion Press. He also teaches Food Studies at the New School University in New York. Summer Courses at the New SchoolDrinking: Fifteen Beverages that Shaped American History 15 Sessions, Mondays-Wednesdays, 6-7:50 PM, starts June 6, 2011; ends July 27, 2011 Description: What is American drink? Is it warmed-over traditional British beverages, such as tea, ale, hard cider, syllabubs, toddies? Or versions of ethnic beverages brought by successive waves of immigrants— lager and pilsner, sangria, tequila, bubble tea? Or is it the fiercely marketed creations of America’s beverage industry—Kentucky Bourbon, Kool-Aid, Snapple, Coors, Coca-Cola? Professional Food Writing 15 Sessions Tuesdays/Thursdays, 6-7:50 PM; June 7, 2011-July 28, 2011 Course Description: The special challenges of professional food writing are explored as students learn how to write and submit inquiry letters, newspaper articles, magazine stories, restaurant reviews, recipes, and op-ed pieces, as well as book and cookbook proposals. We cover research, interviewing, and networking techniques that can help you succeed in the field. Guest speakers include newspaper and magazine editors, acquisition editors, and professional food writers. Good writing skills are a prerequisite. Three credits. How to Get a Cookbook Published 1 Session, Saturday, June 25, 2011, 10 AM-4PM Julia Child and her co-authors, commenting on their first cookbook venture, say, “We came tottering out of the kitchen with the gleam of authorship lighting our innocent faces.” This course provides both encouragement and sound advice to cooks, recipe collectors, and writers who wish to learn more about getting a cookbook published. Prominent cookbook authors, literary agents, editors, and publishers, discuss the publishing procedure from inception through release. Topics include determining the market; writing a book proposal; the proper approach to literary agents and publishing houses; contractual considerations; copyright law; the use of photography or artwork; the timeframe for publishing; book promotion, including advertising and public relations; the monies involved; and the possibility of profit. Also discussed is self-publishing, i.e. producing a cookbook for oneself or an organization without using a major publisher. Class meets at New School. |
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Did Hunger Defeat the Confederacy?
by Andrew F. Smith • • • Chipping Away at British and American Englishby Andrew F. Smith • • • |