Southern Food Writing Conference
The International Biscuit Festival presents
THE SOUTHERN FOOD WRITING CONFERENCE
May 17th and 18th, 2012 – Knoxville, TN
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What:
The Southern Food Writing Conference celebrates the art and the craft of writing about food in the South.
Who:
Food enthusiasts, food writers for both print and blogs, devotees of all things Southern
When:
Thursday, May 17th and Friday, May 18th, 2012
Where:
Various Downtown Knoxville, TN venues including Market Square, the East TN History Center and others
What is Included:
The $295 Conference Registration Fee includes all seminar sessions, and all meals, including dinner at Blackberry Farm.
The Conference hotel is Crowne Plaza Knoxville, with special rates available to conference attendees. Go to crowneknox.com for more info.
What is Special:
Dinner at Blackberry Farm on Thursday, May 17th. Blackberry Farm was selected the Number 1 Resort in the Continental U.S. and Canada by Travel + Leisure magazine.
Who is Speaking:
Confirmed speakers include:
Brett Anderson
Restaurant Critic for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Editor of Cornbread Nation 6
Fred Thompson
Author of books including Barbecue Nation, Iced Tea, Bourbon, Lemonade. Fred also publishes Edible Piedmont magazine
Elizabeth Sims
Writer for publications including Southern Living magazine, National Geographic Traveler and Taste of the South magazine. Formerly an executive with the Biltmore Company, she now owns a business specializing in writing and strategic marketing. She is a past president of the Southern Foodways Alliance.
Fred Sauceman
Author of The Place Setting, a three-volume book series on the foodways of Appalachia, and the editor of Cornbread Nation 5
Shaun Chavis and Jason Horn
Co Founders of the successful FoodBlog South conference in Birmingham, AL, Chavis works as Foods Editor at Oxmoor House and created the Birmingham’s Best Home Cooks blog. Horn is a food writer and author of The Messy Epicure blog
Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart
Nathalie has written or coauthored numerous cookbooks, including two James Beard Award-winning titles. Her latest book is Southern Biscuits. Dupree holds an Advanced Certificate from the Cordon Bleu and has written extensively for magazines and newspapers. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
Cynthia is the co-author of Southern Biscuits and former television producer of “New Southern Cooking with Nathalie Dupree.” She is also the author of The One- Armed Cook, called the culinary version of What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Graubart lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Additional speakers will be announced soon!
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