Sometimes a pastrami sandwich is just a pastrami sandwich. And sometimes a pastrami sandwich is a way of looking at the world: a lens through which to consider an idea, a problem, a relationship, perhaps even a social movement. When we write essays about food and drink, more than a meal or a cocktail should be at stake: we are also telling the stories of our lives, and the lives of others.

In this four-week workshop, you will write one short piece (400-600 words) and one longer essay (1000-1400 words), each with a meal, a dish, a drink, or another food memory at its heart; you will choose one of these to revise.