Substacks recommended by Andrea Strong

Recommended by Andrea Strong

The Dinner Plan

By Maggie Hoffman

Start every week with fresh dinner inspiration.

Abe’s Substack

By Abe Kamarck

My personal Substack

Maître d' Diaries - The Substack

My personal Substack

You might know me as a spirits and cocktail writer. I still write about those topics, but here I also go outside the splash zone.

Amanda is a terrific writer, and prolific and engaging author chronicling the world of spirits and cocktails. Love her writing and hope you do too!!!

- Andrea Strong

My personal Substack

A podcast about the intersection of motherhood, public performance and bodies, from Sara Petersen and Virginia Sole-Smith.

little nights

Events and exercises that make writing and art-making more accessible to new audiences.

Creative Jobs

By Tamara Palmer

Find a job, gig or side hustle that you love

Literally Obsessed

A newsletter about books, fashion, history, and the areas they intersect. Sounds pretentious, is actually quite fun.

Eat Drink NATFAB

By Isabella Bentz

Hi! My name is Isa Bentz and I am the Creative Director at NATFAB. Subscribe to see what's going on here at the museum, exciting new events and exhibits, and how to get involved!

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.

Cooks Without Borders

By Leslie Brenner

The Webby Award-winning newsletter celebrating food culture from around the world ~ quintessential recipes and the stories behind them. Brought to you by James Beard Award-winning writer and cook Leslie Brenner.

FOUND NY

Quality recommendations and actionable intel about New York City and surrounds, from the team that started Eater and Curbed.

The Park Slope Walk

By Nicole Ness

Today: What to do in Park Slope. Tomorrow: What to know about Park Slope.

Spencer Tweedy

Updates from the road and the studio, thoughts about art, music and laypeople philosophy.

xoxoDorie Newsletter

By Dorie Greenspan

A newsletter for all of us who are crazy about food + curious about the world

I love Dorie and if you love to bake, or you love Paris, you need to subscribe. She is the OG.

- Andrea Strong

LAST CALL

By Brad Thomas Parsons

Spirited dispatches from James Beard Award-winning author Brad Thomas Parsons on bars and bar culture, drinks and spirits, restaurants and regional foodways, and popular culture.

French Fries and Martinis

By Jessica Carbone

What's cooking--or not--in the worlds of food media, history and culture

Longer Tables with José Andrés

Every meal has the power to change the world.

Who doesn't love José!

- Andrea Strong

Shifting the Food Narrative

By John Birdsall

Queer and other less orthodox stories of food.

Cooking with Dynamite

By The Dynamite Shop

From the founders of The Dynamite Shop and the authors of Dynamite Kids Cooking School, a newsletter that helps grown-ups manage mealtime with a heavy emphasis on getting the kids to cook, with dinner recipes, pro-tips, and musings from our kitchens.

The best newsletter for recipes to make with your kids and parenting insights for food and more! Love Sara-Kate and Dana!!!

- Andrea Strong

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.

Where to eat everything in Paris.

- Andrea Strong

Cadence

By Donna Cravotta

One woman's stories about aspiring to live in sustainable rhythm

Donkey Thoughts with Nick Offerman

More Carrots, Less Sticks

Hard Problems, Reconsidered

By Jeremy Shane

Examining new approaches to solve hard problems in medicine (aka health care), learning (aka education), energy, and business.

Overthinking It

By Sara

Essays, guides, clickables, viewables, musings, and more from the overthinking mind of a travel and lifestyle journalist.

Sara Lieberman's fantastic guide to all things Paris, plus her travel secrets.

- Andrea Strong

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.

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.

Broken Palate

By The Editors

Where food and culture collide

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares thoughts about sports, politics, and popular culture and how they define America.

Writing on the news in a way that I’ve never seen before. Great perspective — smart and iInsightful and Inviting.

- Andrea Strong

This is a MomBod

Starship Casual

By Jeff Tweedy

Jeff Tweedy shares songs, advice, general musings, and whatnot...

The JDS Newsletter

By Joshua David Stein

Being a momentary core sample of my feelings

Joshua is such a great writer and always has something fun up his sleeve.

- Andrea Strong

The Amateur Gourmet Newsletter

By Amateur Gourmet

Recipes and food adventures with Adam Roberts, a food writer who doesn't take himself too seriously.

Bettina Elias Siegel's (forthcoming) newsletter

Formerly: The Lunch Tray, discontinued in January, 2022. Eventually: Bettina Elias Siegel's free author newsletter. Stay tuned! :-)

The OG on School Food policy!

- Andrea Strong

A Piece of Cake

By Bill Clark

A new recipe every week, from Bill Clark. Mostly easy, sometimes a project, always a nice little thing in your inbox.

The Bittman Project

By Mark Bittman

A home for those who believe food is everything and should be treated that way. We celebrate the joy it brings us, but also focus on the very real challenges of making it sustainable and available for all.

I mean, there's nothing like Bittman, plus Melissa McCart!

- Andrea Strong

Bottle Service

By Erica Duecy

Unconventional pairings and new ways into wine (like why volcanic whites pair best with David Bowie). Featuring sustainably made, sub-$30 bottles. Not into wine? Let me change your mind.

illyanna Maisonet's Newsletter

illyanna Maisonet's newsletter contains: recipes, first person and reported articles, rantings, photos, history and foodways of California and Puerto Rico. And Mami.

Practicing

By Lynn Steger Strong

writing about writing, reading, teaching, running, practicing.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

There's no better source for the examination of what exactly is going on in this country than Heather Cox Richardson. Love this newsletter. Hope you do too.

- Andrea Strong

Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

Dismantling diet culture and anti-fat bias, especially in health, fashion, and parenting. (But non-parents like it too!)

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

The Strong Buzz

Recommended by Andrea Strong