Specialization in Creative Narrative Recipe Books

Course summary

• U1: Getting Inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Giulia Scarpaleggia

  • Influences | Sumayya Usmani

  • Influences | Sumayya Usmani

  • Influences | Melanie Chadwick

  • Influences | Enya Todd

• U2: Food Writing: Share Home Recipes with The World

  • The Philosophy

  • The Techniques

  • Finding Inspiration for the Recipe

  • Writing the First Ideas and Testing the Recipe

  • Writing Down the Recipe

  • Editing the Recipe

  • Photographing the Recipe

  • Formatting the Recipe for Different Media

• U3: Food Memory Journal: Document Flavors and Recipes

  • Materials and What We Will Do in This Course

  • Creative Writing Gym: Flavour Flash Cards

  • Memory Mapping

  • Organising Your Idea: The Layout and Rough Designs

  • How to Write about Food

  • The Opening Pages

  • The First Story: Memory of Spring

  • The Second Story: Learning to Cook through Conversation

  • The Third Story: Nani Mummy’s Rice Pudding

  • Keeping Up Daily Exercises

  • Writing as a Habit

• U4: Cookbook Writing: Tell Stories Through Recipes

  • Why and How to Start a Cookbook

  • Methodology

  • Breaking Down the Chapters

  • Structure Needed for a Pitch

  • The Beginning of a Chapter

  • The Story Surrounding the Recipe

  • Writing a Simple Recipe

  • Writing a Two-Step Recipe

  • The Conclusion

  • Pitching Your Book to a Publisher

  • Tips for Self-Publishing

• U5: Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art

  • Cook Recipe

  • Infographic Language

  • Sketching 1

  • Sketching 2

  • Sketching 3

  • Ink Drawing

  • Creating textures

  • Hand Lettering

  • Scanning Textures and Ink Drawings

  • Live Tracing

  • Colour Palette

  • Combining Texture and Colour

  • Final Composition

  • Print It

  • Share It

  • Illustrate More Food

• U6: Flavorful Food Illustration with Watercolor

  • The Tools

  • Types of Paper

  • Food Textures

  • References and Sketch

  • Colour Palettes

  • Painting with Watercolour 1

  • Painting with Watercolour 2

  • Painting with Watercolour 3

  • Touch-ups in Photoshop

  • Online Presence

  • How to Get Work

• Final project

  • Creación de Libros de Recetas Narrativos