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Recommended by Wil Reidie

Spatchcock

By Michael Procopio

Food stories. Mostly. Many with dead celebrity cameos.

Hilarious, effortlessly cool, and just all-round brilliant food writing. When I grow up I want to be Michael Procopio.

- Wil Reidie

A Private Chef

By Will Cooper

I’m a private chef for a UHNW family on their organic farm, deep in rural England. I make vinegar, forage, preserve, smoke and ferment and am guardian of two honeybee colonies. Every week there's a newsletter for you.

Will is a genuine pro chef. His knowledge flows from every newsletter he sends out. A joy for food lovers.

- Wil Reidie

Life's a Feast by Jamie Schler

By Jamie Schler of Life's a Feast

Life's a Feast with Jamie Schler

Jamie's newsletters are like deeply researched and meticulously polished chapters of a book. An absolute delight for all food lovers.

- Wil Reidie

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.

Buona Domenica

By Domenica Marchetti

A lifetime of Italian cooking. Recipes and inspiration delivered every Sunday.

Domenica's newsletter is my new go-to for everything Italian food. A real pleasure.

- Wil Reidie

One Word

By Taegan MacLean

Every word is a universe. Let's explore them together.

One Word is one of the most valuable newsletters I know of. Surprising, beautiful, and worth everyone's attention.

- Wil Reidie

The Camont Journals with Kate Hill

By Kate Hill's Camont Journals

"Finding France: a Memoir in Small Bites" my serialized book, is published weekly here, a lifetime of inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms & markets of Gascony. Written at the Relais de Camont, my home & writer’s residency in Southwest France.

Time Travel Kitchen

By Jolene Handy

Food, History, Chicago, New York and Beyond.

Dinner: A Love Story

By Jenny

A newsletter devoted to the family meal, however you define "family" and however you define “meal.” Written by the NY Times bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series including, most recently "The Weekday Vegetarians."

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.

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.

Hilarious, terrifying, always fun to read. If you love food, you need this in your life!

- Wil Reidie

let them eat cake

By TW Lim

A newsletter about food and value.