This 2017 article by Monica Uszerowicz in Bon Appétit, ‘9 Authors on What They Eat While Writing’ made us wonder about the role eating plays in the research and writing processes of our UL students and staff.
What is the relationship between food and writing for you? Is eating something that you do before writing to motivate yourself? Or is writing the kind of exercise that requires constant refuelling? Do you use food as a reward for sticking it out and getting the work over the line? Do you ritualistically eat before you write, while writing or after writing?
Share your culinary writing practices with us by completing the survey here. Tell us when you eat, what you eat—you can even tell us how you nosh (e.g. enthusiastically, acrimoniously, shambolically, provocatively, despondently, fearlessly…).
Name the type of food, the brands, even give us the recipes if you prepare the food yourself. Tell us how eating has saved your bacon when the deadline was upon you. Tell us how many keyboards you’ve ruined with crumbs, yogurt and soft drinks. Don’t hold back!