June 1, 2014 | The Rambling Epicure

Food Writing for Beginners

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, June 16, 2014 Permalink 0

Program for Beginning Writers

A. Start where you are (Beginning Writer)

Dear Diary

Writing about the things you wouldn’t talk about if someone asked you casually: How was your trip? How was the big dinner?

Dear Friend

In the world as a writer

Writing a letter to a dear, or even an imaginary, friend

Dear Reader

Building a repertoire of work for readers who don’t know you yet

How to engage them

Craft of Writing Checkpoints

Making sure the nuts and bolts are in place – this is grammar, spelling, word count, formatting, proper computer use, and other issues that ignoring will deal you out.

B. Becoming More Vivid and Unmistakable as a Writer (Next after completing Beginning Writer, or Jump in here for people who skip beginning writer)

Sensuality Upgrade

Good Observer Upgrade

Story-telling and suspense building

Building your brand as a writer, building a body of work (your own blog)

Classes one-on-one or very small group

Critique, edit, get a finished product, develop a plan

Published by Alessandro + Monday, June 16, 2014 Permalink 1

Food and Wine Tasting Masterclass in Chartres, France

18 – 21 SEPTEMBER 2014

Exploring the Food and Wine of the Beauce and the Loire Valley

with James Flewellen and Jonell Galloway

Through a series of tutored workshops, this 4-day weekend workshop will help unlock your tastebuds and introduce the richness of aromas, flavors and textures present in food and wine. Our exploration is enabled through local food from the Beauce and wine from the Loire Valley and coincides with the Chartres Festival of Lights and the Autumnal Equinox.

For course details click here and to make your reservation click here.

The Rambling Epicure is Changing Faces

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, June 3, 2014 Permalink 0

If you like TRE, you’ve seen the site is in transition. And you’ll like the changes being made there. Here’s what’s staying the same: fabulous articles about food, wine and travel, with visuals to match. Here’s what’s going to be different: a new kind of hub for food writers, unlike anything else on the Internet.

The Rambling Epicure Archives

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, June 2, 2014 Permalink 0

Welcome to the archives of the original The Rambling Epicure, edited by Jonell Galloway. You should find all the categories we’ve included in the past in the headings below. Enjoy your read!

Please note that these posts are still available using the Search tab at the top right.

The Story of Edouard Manet and the Bunch of Asparagus

Published by Elatia Harris + Sunday, June 1, 2014 Permalink 3

The art patron Charles Ephrussi (1849 –1905), one of the Parisians on whom Proust based the character Swann, was deeply appreciative of contemporary painting, and agreed to buy from Edouard Manet the delightful still-life, topmost above, for 800 francs. So great was his pleasure in ownership, however, that he paid the artist 1000 francs for it.

Not one to miss the chance for a witty flourish, Manet swiftly sent Ephrussi a smaller painting, of a single asparagus, with a note to say that one had slipped from the bunch.

Both paintings may be viewed by the public, but not together. The mother painting is in the Walraff Museum in Cologne, the solitary asparagus in the Musee D’Orsay in Paris.

Top: Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883). Bunch of Asparagus, 1880. Oil on canvas. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Germany

Bottom: Edouard Manet (French, 1832-1905) One Asparagus, 1880. Oil on canvas, the Musee D’Orsay, Paris, France

Elatia Harris is a writer and consulting editor in Cambridge, Mass. She is most often at work on books and articles about food, wine and travel. Contact her at elatiaharrisATgmailDOTcom or via text at 617-599-7159.