Substacks recommended by Michael Nagrant

Recommended by Michael Nagrant

Finite Jest

By Andrea Petkovic

A deep dive into all things tennis.

Chicago Pizza News

By Eric Gegenheimer

Weekly newsletter all about pizza with a primary focus in and around Chicago.

Eric is comprehensive about Chicago pie news. His recs are good.

- Michael Nagrant

The LO Times

By Ryan Sutton

Your cheat sheet to NYC's best restaurants. Subscribe for reviews, best of lists, breaking news, and personal recommendations from professional food critic Ryan Sutton.

Jeremiah Tower's Out of the Oven

A weekly selection of my personal archives, written, photos, videos, menus, and other visual materials, on eating, cooking, and travel from the simplest to the grandest, everyone from local fishermen to the world’s most famous names. Hope you like it!

Spatchcock

By Michael Procopio

Food stories. Mostly. Many with dead celebrity cameos.

The Recovering Line Cook

By Wil Reidie

I write essays inspired by my life as a restaurant cook. Subscribe for memoir stories, restaurant cooking tips, and my favourite recipes.

In the Flash

By Dina Litovsky

Adventures in the unseen world of photography.

The Party Cut

By Dennis Lee

Food recommendations around Chicago by your favorite food writer, Dennis Lee.

The Luncheonette

By Liz Mendez

Hospitable Times, For Hospitable People

Liz is a smart and sensitive writer who has a great perspective on hospitality and life.

- Michael Nagrant

F1 Fanatic

By Michael Nagrant

The observations of a Formula One obsessed American

If you like my writing and are interested in Formula 1 racing, you will like this, because I write this newsletter too.

- Michael Nagrant

Shifting the Food Narrative

By John Birdsall

Queer and other less orthodox stories of food.

PARIS BY MOUTH

By Paris by Mouth

The inside track from Paris by Mouth. Everything you need to know about where to eat in Paris.

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.

This Week's Beer News from GuysDrinkingBeer.com

By Guys Drinking Beer

Love beer? So do we! We're curating beer news (craft, macro, import and others), reporting on the world of beer, sharing new labels, and passing along social media updates from breweries and others around Chicagoland, the Great Lakes and beyond.

Karl knows his beer. His newsletter is smart and comprehensive about the zymurgic arts.

- Michael Nagrant

Ray Pride

Ghosts, pictures, movies

Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain

Cultural Pith, Terrible Secrets and Quality Rants. Two fresh original pieces and two obscure throwback articles a month, with audio performances and oil paintings for all.

Ruhlman's Newsletter

By Michael Ruhlman

A bi-weekly mix of food-related stories, recipes, cocktails, and travel, along with recommendations for movies and books from both me and my novelist wife, Ann Hood, and links to the best stories we've read online.

The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

By Emily Nunn

Step into our salad laboratory. We got your leafy greens, your grains, your veg, and protein. Plus: salady guests, salady books & recipes, recipes, recipes 🥗

CulinaryWoman

By Micheline Maynard

Food world news and features, from author and business journalist Micheline Maynard.

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.

a newsletter

By Alison Roman

recipes, stories and unsolicited advice from alison roman

The Hunger

Recommended by Michael Nagrant