Substacks recommended by Michael Nagrant

Recommended by Michael Nagrant

Finite Jest

By Andrea Petkovic

A deep dive into all things tennis.

Little stories

By Maggie Hennessy

Occasional tales on food, drink, culture and animals.

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.

Michael is an original writer and we need more voices like his.

- Michael Nagrant

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.

Mixed Race Tape

By Elizabeth Gomez

It's about nothing, but also everything! From music to travel to obsessing about things to the point of monomania, take a few minutes to have fun with me. Do you need this newsletter? No. Do you need some laughs and little joy? YES. Sign up today!

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 - Where to Eat in Paris

By Meg Zimbeck

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

Andrew Zimmern's Spilled Milk

Andrew Zimmern goes in-depth each week on food, his world travels, and stories you're never going to believe.

Andrew is the OG, the new G, and just a general top food gangster.

- 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.

I'm probably not a food writer without the example of Michael. His works like Soul of a Chef and all of the cookbooks he worked on had so much influence on me.

- Michael Nagrant

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!

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

All things happening in the culinary world, from author and business journalist Micheline Maynard.

Stained Page News

Stained Page News now lives at http://stainedpagenews.beehiiv.com! Go there for all your cookbook news.

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