Substacks recommended by Michael Ruhlman

Recommended by Michael Ruhlman

Lick my Plate

By Lesley Chesterman's Newsletter

Recipes, restaurant reviews, and all sorts of delicious food & wine recommendations.

Lesley is an excellent Canadian-based food writer and journalist. Have been reading her solid commentary for years.

- Michael Ruhlman

Dinner: A Love Story

By Jenny Rosenstrach

A newsletter devoted to reading, eating, and family dinner, however you define "family" and however you define "dinner." Written by the bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series including, most recently "The Weekday Vegetarians."

I just love Jenny's voice--always so warm and welcoming and enthusiastic--and I'm always eager to see what she's cooking.

- Michael Ruhlman

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

The Mix with Robert Simonson

Lively, varied, IACP Award-winning reports on Cocktails, Food, Travel and Culture, with a personal touch, from Robert Simonson, longtime cocktail writer for The New York Times and James Beard-nominated drinks writer.

Simonson is an authority on cocktails but his newsletter also takes the reader to odd and interesting locales.

- Michael Ruhlman

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

The Future Market

By Mike Lee

The big ideas and innovations shaping the future of food, right to your inbox.

Mike Lee writes about the intersection of food, technology, and marketing. I always find his ideas compelling, valuable, and thought provoking.

- Michael Ruhlman

Simply Divina- My Tiny Tuscan Kitchen

By Judy Witts Francini

An American Cook in Tuscany. Becoming more Italian, one recipe at a time. Pull up a chair and join me at my Kitchen Table, the heart of the home.

She moved to Florence in 1984, thinking was coming for a month to study Italian, and then she fell in love...with the city and then a year later with a Florentine. Follow her Florence journal and culinary pursuits.

- Michael Ruhlman

Yeah, no. Not Happening

By Karen Karbo

The newsletter for people who long to say no

Love her wry voice and dispatches from France!

- Michael Ruhlman

The Hunger

By Michael Nagrant

Mike Nagrant, the last and former Chicago Sun-Times food critic and contributor to the James Beard-Winning Alinea cookbook writes about culture, life, food, cooking, restaurants, and food media.

I've been reading and admiring the work of Chicago food writer and reporter for years and now love his substack!

- Michael Ruhlman

@ Home in the World

By Joyce Maynard

Stories, observations, and obsessions from me, New York Times-bestselling author and pie baker, Joyce Maynard

The author (and friend) brings her voluminous writing from FB to substack. Welcome, Joyce!

- Michael Ruhlman

TB HOME KITCHEN

By Chef Terrance Brennan

Seasonal recipes, pro tips, and stories from Michelin-starred Chef Terrance Brennan, — all free, from my kitchen to yours.

Chef Brennan, long time fine-dining chef in Manhattan, has an excellent chef-at-home Substack I'm happy to recommend.

- Michael Ruhlman

Norman Van Aken

Chef Norman Van Aken is a James Beard ‘Who’s Who’ honoree. His restaurant has been nominated as a finalist for “Best Restaurant in America.” He is the author of six cookbooks and one memoir, "No Experience Necessary".

Norman is one of the founders of the new American Cuisine, a great chef and human being writing really thoughtful newsletters from a chef's perspective.

- Michael Ruhlman

Stephanie Hansen's @StephaniesDish Newsletter

Host of Emmy award-winning TV show “Taste Buds with Stephanie,” Author of "True North Cabin Cookbook," blogger at stephaniesdish.com, radio host of "The Weekly Dish", podcaster at "Dishing with Stephanies Dish" and contributor on Fox 9’s The Jason Show.

- Michael Ruhlman

The Relisher

By Gabrielle

Where the world’s best chefs really eat in their hometowns.

In The Relisher Newsletter, you'll get to know the world's top chefs as they unveil their favorite gems in their home cities. And it’s free.

- Michael Ruhlman

Dianne Jacob's Newsletter

A newsletter for food writers. Come on in!

Dianne writes an excellent newsletter about the business of writing about food. If you write about food, or want to, it's a must.

- Michael Ruhlman

Ann’s Substack

By Ann Hood

Every two weeks, novelist Ann Hood sends Three Things into your inbox: What's She's Writing, What She's Knitting, and What's On Her Mind.

Ann Hood, my wife, writes a free bi-weekly newsletter addressing three things: What she's writing, what she's knitting (big knitter!), and what's on her mind that week, whether travel, books, or food.

- Michael Ruhlman

Joyce Carol Oates: A Writer's Journal

On writing, living with cats, being a widow, movies, running, my current workshops & what we are reading, books, art, comedy, nature, gardening, friendship, more.

Because she’s Joyce fucking Carol Oates, and she writes about writing, and more!

- Michael Ruhlman

The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

By Emily Nunn

Not really "about” salad. But salad is the force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Recipes, yes—but mostly a way of paying attention.

Salads are the featured dishes here, but I come for the elegant, natural, and funny writing.

- Michael Ruhlman

LAST CALL

By Brad Thomas Parsons

Spirited dispatches from James Beard Award-winning author Brad Thomas Parsons on bars and bar culture, drinks and spirits, restaurants and regional foodways, and popular culture.

Parsons is one of my favorite writes on cocktails, good writing, informative and I always come away with something new.

- Michael Ruhlman

David Lebovitz Newsletter

A tasty mix of recipes, Paris food tips, personal stories, and more... Sign up and get my newsletter delivered right to your Inbox!

David is one of the smartest and most elegant (and funny) voices in the food world. Read his Paris-based newsletter for, food, cooking and travel information and well just the pleasure of his company.

- Michael Ruhlman

La Briffe

By Ruth Reichl

A newsletter about cooking, eating and making life more delicious.

Ruth Reichl is one of the smartest people in the food world. Follow her for news from the chef world, both old and new.

- Michael Ruhlman

The David Blahg

By David Leite

Essays, humor, food writing, recipes, and musings from an inveterate cook, baker, and eater. An irrepressible Cat Lady.

Shaved Meats, Piled High

By Laura Lippman

Blatant self-promotion for my novels because I never want to have a real job again. But, hey, it's only monthly and it's free.

A light, fun newsletter by my friend and ace crime fiction writer, Laura Lippman.

- Michael Ruhlman

The Lucyverse

By Lucy Sweet

I review everything that comes out of the sewage pipe of capitalism!

Lucy reviews odd products in the UK, and she never fails to make us laugh. She's hilarious writer.

- Michael Ruhlman

The Camont Journals with Kate Hill

By Kate Hill's Winter Words

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.

Kate Hill writes beautifully about the food and terroir of one of my favorite parts of the globe: Gascony.

- Michael Ruhlman

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