Recommended by Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Elisabeth is just starting on substack but she's a fine writer, with a thoughtful understanding of why we eat what we eat and how we do that, and a luminous presence in the International food world.
I turn to Andrea Nguyen whenever I have questions about Asian cuisines--and I have a LOT of questions. She has not failed me yet.
I've always admired Paul Bertolli as a chef as well as a deep thinker about food, where it comes from, how it gets here, and where it's going. As soon as his name popped up on Substack, I rushed to subscribe. I urge anyone who cares about food to do the same.
Mary Miller shares a traveling life with an astute eye, a joyful heart, and wide-ranging research—and this is true whether she’s walking downtown to the post office or across the Atlantic to some fabulous place. On her latest jaunt, to Ireland and (upcoming) England, she offers an astute history lesson along with travel/tour information, and a lot of laughter too.
José Andrés is a truth-teller. Even about gardening. Here's an example: " Some things were pretty humbling, like learning that not everything is better from your garden. It’s true, even mine! It’s hard to grow a tomato better than a farmer who has dedicated her life to it." That's so right!
The best and most generous writing about French food & culture from an American cook who has spent decades, cooking, gardening, marketing, teaching & writing in the great Southwest of the country.
Yes, there are lots of fun recipes and good ideas for many different salads, but I recommend this above all for Emily Nunn's astute, funny, and immensely literate take on life (including cooking and eating which is what life is really all about).
