Episode 17

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23rd Feb 2020

How To: THE MISTAKES FOOD WRITERS MAKE

We've been writing about food for over twenty years. We've seen the industry change with new digital media, fractured but more empowered, with perhaps an even more discerning and enlightened audience.

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We'd love to tell you our journey across the digital divide--and the mistakes we've watched old-school cookbook authors and food writers make as they try to navigate the digital world.

We're not pros. But we have learned a thing or two. And we've seen the mistakes of the old guard as it enters this new world: hyping gimmicks, giving everything the hard sell, and failing to connect with readers, listeners, and viewers.

In this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK, we'll talk about how reaching an audience has changed and what food writers can do to make more meaningful connections. 

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About the Podcast

Cooking with Bruce and Mark
Fantastic recipes, culinary science, a little judgment, hysterical banter, love and laughs--you know, life.
Join us, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, for weekly episodes all about food, cooking, recipes, and maybe a little marital strife on air. After writing thirty-six cookbooks, we've got countless opinions and ideas on ingredients, recipes, the nature of the cookbook-writing business, and much more. If you've got a passion for food, we also hope to up your game once and a while and to make you laugh most of the time. Come along for the ride! There's plenty of room!

About your host

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Mark Scarbrough

Former lit professor, current cookbook writer, creator of two podcasts, writer of thirty-five (and counting) cookbooks, author of one memoir (coming soon!), married to a chef (my cookbook co-writer, Bruce Weinstein), and with him, the owner of two collies, all in a very rural spot in New England. My life's full and I'm up for more challenges!