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Who’s the Recovering Line Cook then?
That’d be me, Wil Reidie. I’m a British writer living in Turku, Finland with my wife, two kids, and dog. The Recovering Line Cook is my one-man magazine of essays and food writing. Today, it has over 4,500 subscribers.
Why the “recovering line cook” then?
I started this newsletter to share my kitchen stories from a cooking career in London and Stockholm.
You can read those Memoirs of a Line Cook here.
But now, as likely as I am to share a treasured recipe such as these cinnamon buns, you can also expect essays on my love of Moomin Mugs, my thoughts about Finnish happiness, and even my experience being an immigrant.
What does my subscription get me?
Free subscribers: You’ll get my weekly diary of life as a British immigrant in Finland. It’s called How to Fail at Being Finnish.
Paid subscribers: You’ll unlock the rest:
Access to my full archive and every essay
My monthly What To Do With Vegetables When You’re… recipe series
My serialised cookbook The Prep List, that teaches you how to use professional techniques to cook extraordinary food at home, with a Nordic twist.
My new ebook series starting with How to Win the Nordic Bun Wars, which contains all my most popular Nordic bun, cake, and pastry recipes from 3 years of my newsletter. More will be published in 2026
If you’d like to support my work and get all of this, upgrade your subscription today.