Introduction to Food Writing with James Beard Award Winner Soleil Ho

Food lovers unite! Cultural critic, cookbook writer, and food journalist Soleil Ho leads Introduction to Food Writing, an opportunity to take your story from the plate to the page. Expand your food writing vocabulary, learn the art of food criticism and pitching editors, and practice your craft through writing prompts and reading exercises. This one day course is designed for writers of all levels. Lunch is included with registration. 

Soleil Ho is an award-winning food and culture writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2019, they became The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critic, going on to win the James Beard Foundation’s Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award in 2022. In 2025, they co-founded the COYOTE Media Collective, a worker-owned news outlet for the Bay Area. Their diverse writing portfolio includes restaurant reviews, opinion columns, and investigative journalism, while their published works include the graphic novel Meal, contributions to several anthologies, the 2024 cookbook The Memory of Taste, co-authored with chef Tu David Phu, and the 2026 cookbook Bake Sum, co-authored with chef Joyce Tang. Other contributions include behind-the-scenes work on books including Our South (2024) and the forthcoming The Ice Cream Queen (2026).

$175 for members, $225 for non-members

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