1-MINUTE PROMPT:
What’s your all-time desert island food? Write the opening lines of a stand-up comedy monologue that mentions this food.
5-MINUTE PROMPT:
A food blogger wants to include you in a post about childhood cooking experiences. Write a quote for her that recalls an experience when someone taught you to cook or bake something.
10-MINUTE PROMPT:
Think of a special meal that you once ate. Maybe it was the first solid food you gobbled up after a long illness, or maybe it was something you shared with a love interest on a first date. Write a short essay about nostalgia in the context of this meal.
20-MINUTE PROMPT:
Cast your mind back to a meal that was unforgettable to your palate—the bliss-inducing Baja-style fish tacos, or the creamiest vegan mac-n-cheese, or the to-die-for chicken and waffles with real maple syrup . . . you get the picture. Whatever it was, do some writing about it from the point of view of a death row inmate requesting it as his last meal.