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Spatchcock

By Michael Procopio

Food stories. Mostly. Many with dead celebrity cameos.

Hilarious, effortlessly cool, and just all-round brilliant food writing. When I grow up I want to be Michael Procopio.

- Wil Reidie

A Private Chef

By Will Cooper

I’m a private chef for a UHNW family on an organic farm, deep in rural England. I make vinegar, forage, preserve, smoke and ferment and I'm guardian of two colonies of honeybees. Every week there's two newsletters for you, of which one is always free.

Will is a genuine pro chef. His knowledge flows from every newsletter he sends out. A joy for food lovers.

- Wil Reidie

Life's a Feast by Jamie Schler

By Jamie Schler of Life's a Feast

Life's a Feast with Jamie Schler

Jamie's newsletters are like deeply researched and meticulously polished chapters of a book. An absolute delight for all food lovers.

- Wil Reidie

Pass the Fish Sauce

By Andrea Nguyen

Weekly dispatches on Asian food and cooking from Andrea Nguyen, a James Beard-award winning author. PTFS is tasty, useful, and about culinary bridge building. Let's connect in the kitchen and at the table.

Buona Domenica

By Domenica Marchetti

A lifetime of Italian cooking. Recipes and inspiration delivered every Sunday.

Domenica's newsletter is my new go-to for everything Italian food. A real pleasure.

- Wil Reidie

One Word

By Taegan MacLean

Every word is a universe. Let's explore them together.

One Word is one of the most valuable newsletters I know of. Surprising, beautiful, and worth everyone's attention.

- Wil Reidie

The Camont Journals with Kate Hill

By Kate Hill's Camont Journals

Finding France, my new culinary memoir, is published in weekly installments full of French inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms & markets of Gascony. Written at the Relais de Camont, my home and writer’s residency in Southwest France.

Time Travel Kitchen

By Jolene Handy

Exploring the history of the food and recipes of the past.

Dinner: A Love Story

By Jenny

A newsletter devoted to the family meal, however you define "family" and however you define “meal.” Written by the NY Times bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series including, most recently "The Weekday Vegetarians."

Tales From Topographic Kitchens

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A place to celebrate food writing and cookbooks. Winner of the Guild of Food Writers Award for best online food writing 2020. Written by Fortnum & Mason's Cookery Writer of the Year 2022.

The Hunger

By Michael Nagrant

Michael Nagrant, the last Chicago Sun-Times food critic, and a contributor to the James Beard Award-Winning Alinea restaurant cookbook writes about life, cooking, food, and restaurants.

Food is Stupid

By Dennis Lee

My name is Dennis Lee, aka Dannis Ree, and I'm a Chicago-based food writer whose main goal is to ruin food for everyone. Especially you.

Hilarious, terrifying, always fun to read. If you love food, you need this in your life!

- Wil Reidie

let them eat cake

By TW Lim

A newsletter about the culture and business of food, written by a recovering chef/restaurateur.