Substacks recommended by Michael Procopio

Recommended by Michael Procopio

A Private Chef

By Will Cooper

Life has taught me to never be scared of challenges.

The David Blahg

By David Leite

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

I'd lose a finger if I neglected to recommend my erstwhile mentor!

- Michael Procopio

The Great Perhaps

By Kim Foster

Essays from award winning author, Kim Foster.

Kim's the real deal.

- Michael Procopio

To The Bone

By Hank Shaw's To the Bone

Exploration and insights at the intersection of food, hunting, fishing and nature

What this man can do with a duck tongue!

- Michael Procopio

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.

Things you should never, ever do with food.

- Michael Procopio

Things On Bread

By Peter Barrett

A culinary journal by Peter Barrett, food writer, focused on imaginative approaches to maximizing flavor.

Who among us does not like things on bread?

- Michael Procopio

Buona Domenica

By Domenica Marchetti

A different look at Italian food and travel. Recipes and inspiration delivered every Sunday.

Because: gorgeous food.

- Michael Procopio

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.

Writing!

- Michael Procopio

My half Apulian table

By Giovanna

Timeless, lesser-known recipes that hold memories and traditions, rooted in Apulian flavors.

Life's a Feast by Jamie Schler

By Jamie Schler of Life's a Feast

Life's a Feast with Jamie Schler

A marvelous human dynamo. Read her.

- Michael Procopio

Shifting the Food Narrative

By John Birdsall

Queer and other less orthodox stories of food.

Marvelous writer and general smarty pants.

- Michael Procopio

The Recovering Line Cook by Wil Reidie

My weekly diary "How to Fail at Being Finnish" is loved by literally tens of people. Paid subs get recipes and essays as well.

New(ish) kid on the block and a delight.

- Michael Procopio

A Place Is a Gift

By Jonathan Kauffman

Stories about eating the neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Call it gleanercore.

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.

Come for the salad, stay for the writing.

- Michael Procopio

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.

Just do as I ask and read this woman, please.

- Michael Procopio

Rottenkid, A Memoir

By Brigit Binns

Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival, by Brigit Binns; Pub date: March 5, 2024

Really, really delightful writing.

- Michael Procopio

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.

Time Travel Kitchen

By Jolene Handy

Food, History, Chicago, New York and Beyond.

Wordloaf

By Andrew Janjigian

A twice-weekly, IACP-nominated breaducational newsletter from Andrew Janjigian. (Find new posts at newsletter.wordloaf.org.) "Pedantic crap!" — A (former) reader

Spatchcock

Recommended by Michael Procopio