From Memory to Memoir
Memoir Cookbook Writing Workshop 

Too often, wonderful family memories are lost because people don't take the time or know how to record family history. Too often, family recipes are lost because people don't ask for recipes from relatives-a parent, grandparent, aunt or cousin. 

These recipes become lost forever and the memories fade. Such treasures-memories and recipes-need to be passed along from relative to relative, friend to friend and generation to generation. 

In this workshop, participants will learn how to preserve the memory of family members by recording family events, including special holidays, and by collecting family recipes for inclusion in their own memoir cookbook. Emphasis will be on writing strategies, including narrative, description and dialogue.

Create your memoir cookbook for family and friends. What could be a better gift to yourself and others? 

Workshop Details:

When: Five Tuesdays, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
September 23; October 7, 14, 21 and 28

Where: Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum
314 Unquowa Road,
Fairfield, CT 06824

Cost: $220 

Workshop Leader: Rita Papazian, M.Ed. 

To Register or for More Information: Contact Rita Papazian at 203-906-6677 or ritapap@comcast.net  . 

Rita Papazian, M.Ed., is a freelance writer and educator. She is author of Remembering Fairfield, Connecticut: Famous People, Historic Places , and Gioacchino: Memoir of an Italian Immigrant . She is a regular contributor to Brooks Community Newspapers. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times and Connecticut Post, and in Westport, Connecticut and Woman's World magazines. Visit her online at ritapapazian.com .