Online Cooking Classes
Summer Seafood – Take your seafood skills from so-so to stupendous! Local fresh fish expert Naomi Tomky, author of “The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook,” will share tips to demystify seafood cookery. First up: Marinated Cod Tacos. Borrowed from Marination Ma Kai’s menu, this recipe combines sake, miso and pickled jalapeno brine to yield a uniquely flavorful marinade. Naomi will also show you how to make an old-school favorite at home – crab cakes. Her take uses Dungeness crab, topped with Chive Aioli for a PNW twist on the classic dish. Next session August 27.
Foolproof Salmon – Take the mystery out of cooking fish with this introduction to buying, storing, and preparing salmon. Naomi, cookbook author and seafood lover, will walk you through the steps for how to pick your fish, what to do with it once you’re home, and how to ready it for cooking. Then, she’ll cook it two ways: low and slow in the oven — a foolproof way to get perfectly done fish every time — and pan-seared salmon for that coveted crispy skin. Next session on TBD.
Online Food and Travel Writing Workshops
Focus on Food Writing – Whether you’ve only ever kept your own blog or you’re already earning money from your food writing, this six-week class is designed to take you to the next level. Using weekly lessons, interactive tools, and personal feedback, students will learn about and then put into practice the elements of creating and selling great food writing. Next session starts in September.
Private Classes and Pitch-coaching
Naomi offers one-on-one tutoring, ghost-editing, pitch-coaching, and other services to further your career as a food and travel writer. Please contact Naomi via email at naomitomky@gmail.com to inquire.
Naomi’s coaching has been essential in moving my writing career in the direction I’ve hoped after only a few months. She understands the nuances of dealing with different editors in the food and travel realm, is very responsive and open about her knowledge, and knows how to write an engaging pitch that will sell.
Super insightful…I love your class and look forward to every time we meet. It’s super helpful to hear from you what editors look for and how to spin topics into angles.
It’s always so invigorating spending time with you and I love your straightforward and honest feedback.
Student Comments
I signed up for 4 different Writers.com classes and this class has been the best; I learned so much about travel writing (or any writing for that matter) through hands-on work as well as from the class lectures.
I really liked her straight forward style of communication and discipline.
This class also showed me how much more I need to learn & practice, but I felt encouraged to go forward rather than pushed into a corner.
It’s probably been the best I’ve taken with Writer’s.com as well. I’ve learned a lot and I have the tools to keep going, which is the most important thing.
The fact that I’m even thinking about submitting this article for publication is a testament to the quality of this class. That wasn’t even a possibility in my mind when I signed up, but now I’m looking forward to trying!
Your class last night was awesome… I loved every part of it. The information is useful, practical, and applicable immediately. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge with us.