John Lewis-Stempel

John Lewis-Stempel

Home
Notes
Archive
Leaderboard
About
LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: A WINTER DAWN ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF FRANCE (FOURAS-LES-BAINS)
'I suppose a Darwinist would assert that the gull was merely waiting for the light to intensify to enable its own fishing...'
Jan 7 • John Lewis-Stempel
FRENCH PEASANT COOKERY: Velouté St Hubert
A pheasant dish for peasants
Dec 29, 2025 • John Lewis-Stempel
FRENCH PEASANT COOKERY: BOUDIN NOIR AUX POMMES
It's bloody delicious
Dec 23, 2025 • John Lewis-Stempel
LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: DAWN ON A FARM, TWO SCENES FROM SUMMER
Work in Progress: Below is an exclusive extract from my forthcoming book ‘Dawn’, to be published by Doubleday in 2026.
Dec 15, 2025 • John Lewis-Stempel
FRENCH PEASANT COOKERY: PERDRIX AUX CHOUX
or, Partridge with Cabbage
Dec 4, 2025 • John Lewis-Stempel
LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: SOME WINTER DAWNS
Extracts from my book 'Dawn', to be published by Doubleday/Penguin Random House in 2027
Nov 28, 2025 • John Lewis-Stempel
LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: SOME OCTOBER DAWNS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
My diary...
Oct 29, 2025
French Peasant Cookery: Walnut Cake and Sweet Honey Walnuts
Walnuts keep falling on my head, they keep falling...
Oct 8, 2025 • John Lewis-Stempel
John Lewis-Stempel
John Lewis-Stempel
Short reads on Nature and History.
Recommendations
Witness Marks by Melissa Harrison
Witness Marks by Melissa Harrison
Melissa Harrison
Tom’s Substack
Tom’s Substack
Tom Doorley

John Lewis-Stempel

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 John Lewis-Stempel · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture