Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).
I cook and I grow things and I read and I write books about cooking and growing things. This is a journal about cooking and growing and reading and writing.
Promoting the work of Guild members who write Substacks and creating a space for Guild members to connect and share work, questions, tips and advice about food writing here on Substack.
Food and everything connected, by James Beard shortlisted and multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage.
Each newsletter is a dispatch from a single location—it could be a city or a hotel, a valley or a café—somewhere between Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Every issue will include reading recommendations, a unique recipe and underreported tales.
The Camont Journals, published almost weekly, are based on a lifetime of French inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms, and markets of Gascony and written at the Relais de Camont, my home and creative writer’s residency in Southwest France.
Essays, cultural recommendations and reflections on resilience from award-winning author Yasmin Khan, exploring how to live with joy and meaning in turbulent times.
