Food Memory Journal: Document Flavors and Recipes
Course final project
A course by Sumayya Usmani , Creative Writer and Food Educator
About the final project for: Food Memory Journal: Document Flavors and Recipes
Food Memory Journal: Document Flavors and Recipes
“Congratulations! You've reached the end of this course. Thank you so much for taking part and I hope you've enjoyed it. It's now time to work on your project. This could mean finishing the journal you started by completing the course tasks or making a brand-new project! Either way, I strongly suggest you take the time to gather inspiration and create a unique project of your own. Make sure to keep track of your progress with different pictures of each step. It'd be great if you could also explain the choices you've made along the way and tell me if you have any doubts. This will help me guide you better if you need advice. Here are the main steps to follow: Revisit 5-10 pieces of your work that you love. Spend time looking closely at all aspects of the piece. See it with new eyes! Use your self-analysis to mind map keywords that come to mind when you think of how you work and what elements it uses. Freely sketch rifting on the word combinations. Don't be too literal—see where your mind map takes you. Last, finalise your art and consider how you can employ it to make your own illustrated projects. Also, consider how one image can change depending on the medium or form that you use.





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“Final Project Thank you for sharing your stories of food and flavour and thank you so much for taking this Domestika course. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. Remember, writing like this is a practice. You can hone your writing by consistency, turning up every day and writing a little bit as much as possible and making space and time for it. All writers are readers, so I encourage you to read as many beautiful food related stories as you possibly can. Anything from emotive moving food stories to recipe books filled with flavour, history and culture. I would encourage you to be cre...”
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Course summary for: Food Memory Journal: Document Flavors and Recipes
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Category
Culinary, Writing -
Areas
Creative Writing, Non-Fiction Writing, Sketchbook

Sumayya Usmani
A course by Sumayya Usmani
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, award-winning creative writer and food educator, Sumayya Usmani, spent her early childhood travelling the world with her parents. She explored various cultures, countries, ingredients, and cuisines and watched in wonder as her mother lovingly prepared meals. Later, when the family settled back in Karachi, Sumayya observed grandmothers and aunts cooking with ‘andaza’ - an Urdu word for using instinct and estimation. These experiences created Sumayya’s strong foundations and connections to cooking and in her adulthood she found she could cook by simply following her own intuition and senses.
Sumayya went on to practice law for 12 years in London and Pakistan. However, in 2012 she quit law in pursuit of her passion; food writing and teaching. Now based in Glasgow, her life-long love for writing, along with her natural flair, has led her to publish award-winning cookbooks. Her latest book is a food memoir, and ventures further into creative writing, which has won the Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award in 2021. Sumayya regularly appears at multiple book festivals such as the Edinburgh Book Festival, she has written for and appeared in numerous publications including in The New York Times, The Guardian, and on BBC Food, amongst others. She’s a guest speaker on many podcasts and a regular on BBC Radio. Sumayya also hosts cooking classes, and is a committee member of the Guild of Food Writers.
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