October 18, 2009
Christine Le
1 Camino Santa Maria St San Antonio, TX 78228
Dear Christine,
“As you walk into the kitchen, you can smell the oregano in the air dancing alongside the citrus smell of lemon. Your mouth starts to water and you can taste the sourness of the lemon against your tongue. There, sitting on the stove, is a the large stainless steel pan and in front of it is a lady dressed in her best Sunday clothes with an apron over her to make sure that nothing ruins her garments. Her hair is made into a French twist and her nails are bright red. Her name is Maria Psatha and she is cooking a “light” family meal for when she returns from church.”
I would like to offer Preface, an article about Greek culture titled Greek Life. This article will be covering the impotence of Food and Family, and how Food brings together a Greek family more than anything. Within this article I will talk about personal experiences that I have had in my childhood which have stayed with me and showed me that my life as a Greek woman was not only shaped by tradition, but have also brought me to the realization that food is the foundation in a Greek family.
This article will be a personal narration story between 800 and 900 words, with a smaller article that contains the traditional Greek recipe for a dish called Pastichio attached at the end of the story. Within the smaller article it will be a step by step cooking recipe with a small introduction of the dish itself. I will also include three pictures with the article of the dish itself and photographs of my favorite places in Greece, Porto Heli, Greece and the beach at Paphos, Cyprus.
I very much look forward to hearing from you. I can have the article ready within two weeks of your response.
Thank you,
Chrystalla Georghiou
DO 117
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio Texas, 78228
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Good letter!! Very strong, and well written, only thing I found was that you do not need a comma in the first sentence of the second paragraph. Everything else looks good!
ReplyDelete"Food" and "family" need to be lower cased and "importance" instead of "impotence". Other than that, the letter is great. The lead, as always, makes me hungry and want to try the food you describe. I look forward to seeing the full article and experiencing the Greek tradition of food through it. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteGreat job girl!
ReplyDeleteI love it. Other than that one typo I showed you already. I think it's great. You mention what you will be attaching to your feature article and I think that's very helpful. Good job!
Great letter. Edits below!
ReplyDeleteAs you walk into the kitchen, you can smell the oregano in the air dancing alongside the citrus smell of lemon. Your mouth starts to water and you can taste the sourness of the lemon against your tongue. There, sitting on the stove, is a the large stainless steel pan and in front of it is a lady dressed in her best Sunday clothes with an apron over her to make sure that nothing ruins her (try describing a traditional outfit here: "linen sundress"). Her hair is made into a French twist and her nails are bright red. Her name is Maria Psatha and she is cooking a “light” family meal for when she returns from church.
I would like to offer Preface an article about Greek culture titled "Greek Life." This article will cover not only the importance of food and fellowship, but how food brings together a Greek family more than anything. Within this article I will share the family traditions that not only lay the very foundation of a Greek family but also influence my development into the Greek woman I am today.
This article will be a personal narration story between 800 and 900 words, with a smaller article that contains the traditional Greek recipe for a dish called Pastichio attached at the end of the story. Within the smaller article will be a step-by-step cooking recipe with a small introduction of the dish itself. I will also include three pictures of the dish itself and photographs of my favorite places in Greece, Porto Heli, Greece and the beach at Paphos, Cyprus.
I very much look forward to hearing from you. I can have the article ready within two weeks of your response.
P.S. Lookin' good today ;)