Substacks recommended by Kim O'Donnel

Recommended by Kim O'Donnel

The Great Perhaps

By Kim Foster

Essays from award winning author, Kim Foster.

Broccoli Rising, the Newsletter from Ellen Kanner

By Ellen Kanner

Passionately plant-based, naturally quirky.

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.

Sixburnersue

By Susie Middleton

Join author Susie Middleton in the pursuit of serenity, beauty, and joy in the garden and the kitchen on Martha's Vineyard.

Kate McDermott's Newsletter

I'm a James Beard Nominee and write about Baking, Cooking, Walks, Gardens, Dogs...and Pie.

Kate is a great teacher and cares passionately about cooking, gardening and eating with the seasons. She also happens to be a very good egg.

- Kim O'Donnel

Creative Fuel with Anna Brones

A weekly newsletter dedicated to exploring the intersection of creativity and everyday life with Anna Brones. Home of 24 Days of Making, Doing, and Being digital Advent calendar.

Anna's newsletter is a breath of fresh air. She has a knack for packing in little nuggets of wisdom. Her visual art is pretty great, too.

- Kim O'Donnel

Oi! Alexa!

By Alexa B

Humdrum observations from 'home' and 'abroad.'

Poor Man's Feast

By Elissa Altman

The James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, storytelling, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

read.write.eat. by natalie serber

By Natalie Serber

Sharing good things every week: a terrific book, a writing idea, a simple recipe you will love!

Stellar Insights

By Stephanie Gailing

Astrology Insights for the New Now

I love the way Stephanie contextualizes astrological transits with what's going on in the world. I always learn something.

- Kim O'Donnel

Tabled

By Julia Watson

Food stories (sometimes indigestible) that might change the way you eat, the history of ingredients, and travel tales about unexpected meals, with recipes.

Julia and I crossed paths for a hot minute in Washington DC a bazillion years ago. Words -- and our mutual love for cooking -- keep us connected. I always learn something from her pieces.

- Kim O'Donnel

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

By Jeannine

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

Writerly Things with Brooke Warner

I am an author advocate, publisher of She Writes Press, co-founder of Memoir Nation, book industry insider, and champion to writers who show up to the page because they must.

Seafood Savvy

By Cynthia Nims

where seafood lovers and the seafood-curious can learn, engage and be inspired for more seafood adventures

ingredient

By Rachel Phipps (ingredient)

A recipe developer's deep dive into a different ingredient each month, with recipes.

The TueNight Social

By TueNight

A grab-bag of Gen-X goodies: midlife stories, pop culture, and a community for grown-ass women

Margit (the founder) and I go back more than 30 years as young journos in the alt-weekly world. Her TueNight is a breath of fresh air, both cheeky and informative, in a media landscape that largely ignores women at mid-life. Worth a looksee + I bet you stay for a while.

- Kim O'Donnel

Lulu Pork Chop

Recommended by Kim O'Donnel