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Olivia Flores Alvarez is an arts and culture writer based in Houston, Texas. She's a content writer for The Food Writing School, covering writing and social media. She's a workshop leader for Citizen-to-Journalist training, and contributes regularly to Houstonia Magazine and OutSmart Magazine.
As a food writer, you don’t need more adjectives. You need sharper observations. A dish can be sweet, smoky, crisp, warm, fragrant, sticky, and golden all at once, but piling
A good article can lose readers before they ever reach the first sentence. The problem may not be the writing. It may be the headline. Food writers are competing for
Learn what food writers can take from Diana Kennedy’s research, precision, regional focus, strong opinions, and complicated legacy in Mexican food writing. …
Learn SEO basics for food writers, including keywords, Google, Pinterest, YouTube, AI search, and ways to make your content easier to find. …
Publishing a post feels like the finish line. You’ve written it, revised it, added the images and links, wrestled with the headline, and finally clicked Publish. Enjoy that moment. Then
Explore chocolate’s origins, types, percentages, flavors, textures, and uses, with practical guidance to help food writers understand, taste, and describe it more precisely. …
Nobody’s reading your food blog – ouch! If your food blog is new and the numbers are low, it’s easy to assume something is wrong. Maybe there is. Then again,
Learn four hidden Pinterest mistakes that may be slowing your growth, plus practical fixes to improve your account, pins, calls to action, and visibility. …
Choosing a food writing niche can feel much more permanent than it really is. …
Learn how to grow your food blog during the first 90 days with a practical roadmap for content, SEO, email, and early audience growth. …
Learn how to identify, compare, and describe peppers accurately, from mild bells to hot chiles, dried varieties, Scoville heat, flavor, and preparation. …
Explore plant-based meat, fungi-based proteins, fermentation, and cultivated meat, plus the questions food writers should ask as meat alternatives continue to evolve.
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