Substacks recommended by Kim Foster

Recommended by Kim Foster

Shifting the Food Narrative

By John Birdsall

Queer and other less orthodox stories of food.

Freddie deBoer

cool but rude

Spatchcock

By Michael Procopio

Food and stories for grown ups.

schizophrenicreads

By Nathan Shuherk

schizophrenic musings on life, books, media, and whatever else there might be

Illuminating conversation around books, writing and mental illness that is transformative.

- Kim Foster

Behind the Border

By Michael Kagan

An immigration law professor at the frontlines.

In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

By Sara Petersen

Calling bullshit on America’s love affair with Perfect Mamas

The Long Middle

By Lisa Renee

Letters about life in the middle.

fresh, funny, smart and all about not being a kid anymore.

- Kim Foster

Stir the Pot

By Michelle Albanes-Davis

All the best recipes, common sense cooking tips, and ways to fall back in love with food from 3x NY Times best-selling author Michelle Albanes Davis 🏳️‍🌈. For curious people who love to eat, cook, get in their feelings, and talk a lil sh*t.

Smart, food-focused. Michelle does not look any from the hard stuff.

- Kim Foster

The Paris Review

The Sweethearts

By charlotte & mia

for people who love pastries, confections, breadstuffs... and New York City.

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 🥗

Things On Bread

By Peter Barrett

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

Fullzies Zine

By Adriana Velez Kalsekar

A zine produced in collaboration with Jasper Mac Twitchell

Feeding ourselves — simply, slowly

By Shauna James Ahern

Feeding ourselves, simply, slowly is a weekly newsletter of small stories, quiet joys, and simple, delicious recipes. I'd love to hear your stories too.

smart writing, good food, nice people, lovely world, beautiful friend.

- Kim Foster

The Flavor Files

By Nik Sharma

Get my weekly newsletter to unlock the secrets of food science and create more flavorful, effortless meals at home. I host the food science cooking show, Flavor Forward on America's Test Kitchen

Nik makes original, delicious, creative recipes with a slant toward food science. I make a lot of his food in my kitchen. You will never go wrong buying one of his books or subscribing to his newsletter.

- Kim Foster

Design Mom

By Gabrielle Blair

A newsletter where we can be curious about everything.

Ken Klippenstein

No-nonsense reporting on the U.S. national security state and politics.

Lulu Pork Chop

By Kim O'Donnel

Stirring the pot, with meditations, musings, recipe-lettes, and lots of crumbs thrown in. From longtime food writer Kim O'Donnel.

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Ask An Editor by Jessica Reed

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

The Spellout

By Geoff Carter

Geoff Carter, longtime Las Vegas-based journalist, writing on who knows what, heaven knows why. Free to subscribe, so don't you worry about that.

Elyzabeth Wengert

By Lyz Wengert

Storyteller. Thinker. Empath. Daughter. Sister. Stepmom. Writing about grief, resilience, the sacred work of carrying on, and searching for peace in the journey. Creator of What Comes After the After - resilient letters for life's second acts.

My friend for decades. I love her heart, her mind, her soul, her activism, the way she always cared for me when I needed it. Read Lyz and I know she will take you deep. Lyz is amazing.

- Kim Foster

Excerpts from Pocket Observatory

By Meg Conley

Hi! I’m Meg Conley. I write about the intersection of capitalism, culture and care work at Pocket Observatory. Select essays are republished to Substack. If you'd like to receive my official (FREE) newsletter, subscribe here + I'll take care of the rest!