I'm thrilled to offer a sneak peek at my new book, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food & Love from an American Midwest Family (Viking/Penguin). The book has just gone on sale and this is one of the few places you'll be able to get an excerpt. In this first … [Read more...] about Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: Excerpt, Tour Dates and Special Thank You Gift!
Tickets on Sale for the fabulous ‘Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good’ release party
Viking/Penguin and Elliott Bay Book Co. are thrilled to announce the official launch party for Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good, by author Kathleen Flinn (that’s me!). Join us August 14th atop the Swedish Cultural Center overlooking Seattle's beautiful Lake Union. Take in … [Read more...] about Tickets on Sale for the fabulous ‘Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good’ release party
Recipe: Chilled Spinach Asparagus Soup
Chilled soup carries a stamp of posh. "Oh James, prepare the vichyssoise and the champagne for dinner, will you?" The first time that I can recall having chilled soup was as a impressionable 20-year-old college student at the home of a wealthy older man that I was interviewing … [Read more...] about Recipe: Chilled Spinach Asparagus Soup
How to Write a Book Proposal in Four Weeks
This summer, I'll be teaching a four-week Master Class at the Richard Hugo House. Normally, I focus on food writing but so much of what can be said about food writing and the process of story and book development applies to general non-fiction as well. When trying to sell … [Read more...] about How to Write a Book Proposal in Four Weeks
Soylent – The End of Food? Not So Fast…
Before I get into Soylent, I must first tell you about "meat shirts." You see, my brainy husband, Mike, once semi-joked that Big Food should develop nutrient-laden shirts that a person could wear to absorb their nutrition via their skin, rather than eating. At the end of the … [Read more...] about Soylent – The End of Food? Not So Fast…
