Writing Workshop for Foodies in the Santa Cruz area

A casserole from January's writing retreat for foodies

If you love writing and you love food, you’re in for a treat with an upcoming Santa Cruz area workshop led by Laura Davis. Acclaimed local writer Davis offers 14 participants the chance to explore food and writing on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at “Two Things I Love Best: A Writing Retreat for Foodies.”

The March 26 workshop cost is $85; each participant brings a writing notebook and a food dish that “tells a story,” plus recipe copies for the other participants (once you register, you’ll be given complete details). The location is a private home in Watsonville with a state-of-the-art kitchen. Note that you don’t have to consider yourself a writer to attend — beginning and experienced writers are welcome.

Davis has facilitated many writing workshops over the years including weekly writing groups and memoir writing retreats. Her first food-writing workshop was in January. The successful event was filled with writing, reflection, laughter, dialogue, and of course, eating lots of great food. Food-related prompts elicited many ideas and words from the group, and the next workshop promises to conjure up another feast of writing and reveling. Register and learn more here. If you have more questions, feel free to contact Laura Davis at lauradavis@lauradavis.net or (831) 464-9517.

Davis is the author of many non-fiction books and her experience includes jobs as a columnist, talk show host, radio reporter, radio producer, blogger, and editor. She says, “Writing has been a companion of mine my whole life. I have used words to understand myself, to express myself, to provoke, to educate, to inspire, to make my mark in the world…I’ve always been an agent of change. Although my pathway keeps changing, words are always at the center.” Read more at the writer’s web site http://www.lauradavis.net/.

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