What We Ate: Food as the Main Character

Dive into novels, contemporary memoirs, food biographies, and essays in which "what we ate" becomes not just a meal, but a storytelling tool. We’ll read excerpts of writing where food functions as a literary device, evoking love, nostalgia, loss, intimacy, identity, and care. Leave with ideas for your own writing through the understanding that what is eaten helps shape a life and a story your readers will savor.