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Edible Nonfiction Challenge now closed
Thanks to all who kept our bellies full with the tasty slices of life you sent our way! ...
Ilana Weitzman: The vegetarian editor
In her final Food for Thought blog, the editor-in-chief of Air Canada's enRoute magazine explains why you don't have to eat a food to write about it....
Nobu Adilman takes the Edible Nonfiction Challenge
The culinary Renaissance Man and Food Jammer throws his hat—or in this case, octopus—into the ring with his piece of Edible Nonfiction, "Getting Squiggly on the Beach." ...
Food writing: The good, the bad, and the regurgitated
For the latest course in our Food for Thought series, we have a chat with enRoute magazine editor and Edible Nonfiction Challenge judge Ilana Weitzman on the highs and lows...
Taras Grescoe takes the Laferrière Questionnaire
We hook some writing wisdom from the author of the seafood-tastic Bottomfeeder in our very own version of 20 questions, courtesy of Canadian author Dany Laferrière. ...
Food writing wisdom from Christine Cushing
The award-winning cookbook author and host of Fearless in the Kitchen on the most important ingredient in good food writing: the writer....
Ilana Weitzman: Five tips for better food writing
In today's blog entry, the editor-in-chief of Air Canada's enRoute magazine offers some wisdom on how to boost the calorie count of your next story....
Adam Gopnik: Questions of food
In this excerpt from his latest book, The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food, The New Yorker columnist and 2011 Massey Lecturer Adam Gopnik reflects on...
Ilana Weitzman: Get them to the Greek
In her second blog entry, the editor of Air Canada's enRoute magazine savours her favourite food story in the magazine—and the matchmaking between an eccentric restaurateur and a notoriously prickly food...
Adam Leith Gollner takes the Edible Nonfiction Challenge
The author of The Fruit Hunters gets us salivating with his celebrity entry, "Breakfast in Ischia." Never has a still-live crustacean sounded so good. ...
Ilana Weitzman: Food writing to die for
In her first blog entry for our "Food for Thought" series, the editor-in-chief of Air Canada's enRoute magazine serves up some lethal food writing, courtesy of Carol Shields....
Amy Rosen takes the Edible Nonfiction Challenge
The National Post food columnist tugs at our heartstrings with her celebrity entry, "The Yellow Fluff that Binds."...