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Recommended by judy witts francini

One of the internet's most popular Italian home cooking blogs is now on Substack!

By Stories of Miss Oliva Harlequining through Life

This newsletter is about living in a scandalous light, fighting to not lose authenticity, growing, learning, and, above all, enjoying the journey I was meant to have.

The Painted Palazzo

By Mary Jane Cryan

Writer, journalist, historian, researcher, 60 year resident in Italy. Like my unique palazzo in central Italy, my substack includes a variety of subjects: lifestyle, expats, interviews, travelogues,guest posts. Come visit!

Mary Jane is an incredible source of history if you love Italy and want to go deeper.

- judy witts francini

Annexes

By Jane

Life is an immersive story – these are the annexes. Whimsical wisdoms on the world as I see it, currently as a Dutch expat in Italy. Currently attempting to keep the misery at bay through travel, dating, and culture.

Mary’s Substack

By Mary Thomas Tacconi

My personal Substack

A is for Articulate - Dana’s Substack

By Dana Curatolo

Curated vintage, travel tips, recipes & anecdotes

I am really enjoying Dana's lovely lists and images. She has inspired me to dig into my goodies which I keep stored away. Living in Italy, we have a small home so many of my treasures are not in my view. Maybe redo one of my grandmother's diamond rings?

- judy witts francini

Aiolina - Home in the Chianti Countryside

Our personal Substack to bring Italy and more specifically Siena, to your inbox. Local events so you can plan your trips better, places to go and see, where to dine and recipes.

Baur Studio

By Diana Strinati Baur

Garden, atelier, writing space, kitchen. Born at 315ppm in NYC. European by choice. Flavored by nature, umami and wabi sabi. Steeped in love for the ordinary.

Andiamotrips’s - Campania Italy with Karen Phillips

Ciao. My name is Karen Phillips and I have been living in Naples Italy for over 30 years. I love to share my adventures about wine/food and travel in the Campania, Italy region.

MADONNA DEL PIATTO

By Letizia Mattiacci

Welcome to my kitchen in Rome where I write about Italian food, its culture and identity. I do believe that cooking is love. It's also color & magic.

şemsa's food per se

By Şemsa Denizsel

stories & recipes. deeply rooted in Istanbul, now living in Thessaloniki, influenced and guided by seasonal produce, in love with olive oil.

Backstory Serial

By Mary L Trump

How three friends came together to write a romance novel

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter.

Beautiful Things

By jodi {fiftybeautifulthings}

Old school travelogues with a modern twist. Inspired by the kinds of travel letters people used to write when people used to write letters. So chock-full of stories, history and photo snapshots that they barely fit into their envelopes...

musings by mika

By Mika

musings by mika is all about navigating uncharted terrain and discovering life beyond the comfort zone - moving past perfectionism, people-pleasing and playing safe and small. ✨ I also include my monthly Substack diaries to guide fellow newbies. 📖

Spaghetti ABC

By Flavia Giordano

Spaghetti ABC - flavors from Puglia, with all your senses

Liguria Letters

By Editor

With my “Liguria Letters” I aim to give you the best experience of the Italian Riviera and the inland, so feel welcome and join our community of Liguria lovers! To make your Liguria experience complete subscribe to my newsletter, it’s free!

Spatchcock

By Michael Procopio

Food stories. Mostly. Many with dead celebrity cameos.

I can never wait to get the latest post from Michael! I worked in hotels and restaurants in San Francisco, his writing takes me right back there!

- judy witts francini

Substack Writers at Work

By Sarah Fay

The only expert guide to Substack ✦ Connect with other Substack writers ✦ Join the Substack Growth Cohort to achieve your goals

A Private Chef

By Will Cooper

I’m a private chef for a UHNW family on their organic farm, deep in rural England. I make vinegar, forage, preserve, smoke and ferment and am guardian of two honeybee colonies. Every week there's a newsletter for you.

ChiantiCashmere’s Newsletter

News from a Cashmere Goat Farm in Chianti

Elisabeth Luard's Cookstory

Cookstory is a show-and-tell way of looking at how people cook at home all over the world. The images are based on my own watercolour sketches collected over a lifetime of travelling with my paintbox.

Tasting Life Twice

By Author Crystal King

Author Crystal King's myriad musings on food, history, Italy, social media, tech, books, and culture.

Our Italian Table

By Michele Becci

Our newsletter celebrating our favorite food, wine, and wanderings from our beloved Italy...and lots of recipes too. Pull up a seat at the table and stay awhile....

xoxoDorie Newsletter

By Dorie Greenspan

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

Amuse-Bouche

By Hobbs Wells

Fashion + Poetry & Thoughts + Food

Taste of Liguria

By Enrica Monzani

A food writer worksite. Recipes, people, places, products. Whatever interesting, tasting and worth knowing about Liguria and its food heritage. Follow me in my wanderings around Liguria collecting ideas for my food writing projects.

Mirepoix Bitch

By Courtney

Art, Food , Observations, and Chatter from The Mirepoix Bitch

Laguna in Cucina

By Iris Loredana

Slow food and cooking in Venice: A virtual restaurant introducing historical and trendy recipes from the Lagoon.

Say What

By Jo Vraca

Sicilian-Australian author, journalist & mysanthrope exploring my Sicilian traditions, music, mythology & family dramas. Join me on this mad trip where storytelling, culture, myths and food melt together like a cheese and anchovy toastie.

Loving her essays!

- judy witts francini

Dreaming of Cheese

By Jennifer Greco

Stories and news about French cheese, with added snippets about my life in France

On the Kitchen Porch

By Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Weekly banter from my kitchen porch: food, wine, people, places, Maine, the Mediterranean, the whole wide world.

Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

By Fiona Beckett

News, views and tips from a lifetime's cooking, tasting and travelling from Guardian wine columnist Fiona Beckett

Dr. Robin’s Covid Updates

By Robin Schoenthaler

Covid-19 Updates and Phiosophical Musings: A Continuation of Dr Robin's weekly fact-based-no-blame-no-rumors-all-science-all-the-time essays about Covid-19. Brought to you with grace, grit and humor since March 2020.

Substack Reads

Your guide to great writing happening on Substack, plus the home of “The Active Voice,” a podcast by Hamish McKenzie.

Buona Domenica

By Domenica Marchetti

A lifetime of Italian cooking. Recipes and inspiration delivered every Sunday.

The Elliott Homestead Newsletter

By Shaye Elliott

Rustic farm food, prepared and served with passion, and the joy of growing it.

Girls of a Certain Age

By Kim France

Style advice, shopping picks, pop culture, and opinion for over-40 women and the over-40-curious, from former Sassy staffer and Lucky Magazine founding editor in chief Kim France.

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.

Marlena's Roving Feast

By Marlena Spieler

In the Kitchen and on the Road

Gillian Knows Best

By Gillian Longworth McGuire

Finding terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.

Contadina

By Sarah May Grunwald

A newsletter that intersects feminism with food, wine, travel, and agriculture by Sarah May Grunwald

Tante Belle Cose

By Danielle Oteri

A look at Italy’s past and its ancient sites through a contemporary lens

Notes from Emiko’s Kitchen

By Emiko Davies

Writing from Tuscany, Emiko shares recipes, insider travel tips and personal stories about her family life in Italy.

Kate McDermott's Newsletter

"McDermott is one of the greats, as natural at the craft as M.F.K. Fisher, Marion Cunningham and Laurie Colwin." --Wendell Brock, James Beard Award Winning Writer

The Camont Journals with Kate Hill

By Kate Hill's Camont Journals

"Finding France: a Memoir in Small Bites" my serialized book, is published weekly here, a lifetime of inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms & markets of Gascony. Written at the Relais de Camont, my home & writer’s residency in Southwest France.

Jillyanna's Woodfired Cooking School Newsletter

By Jill Strauss

Recipes, Cookbook Reviews, Food Trends, Equipments Reviews, Travels in Maine, Cooking School, Pizza, Woodfired Oven

Kelly Borsheim’s Art Newsletter

By Kelly Borsheim ~ Artist

Art Studio Insights and Adventures in Italy, Stories with artist Kelly Borsheim

Elizabeth’s Newsletter from Italy

By Elizabeth Minchilli

Food, drink, fun links & travel (not necessarily in that order)

Letters from Tuscany

By Giulia Scarpaleggia

Stories and recipes from my kitchen in Tuscany | Seasonal, uncomplicated, nourishing vegetable-forward food by Tuscan food writer and cookbook author Giulia Scarpaleggia

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.

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!

Simmering: life is hard, cooking should be easy

By In Jennie's Kitchen

Recipes and stories to nourish your body & mind. Happiness is an inside job—let’s eat!

The SneakyArt Post

By Nishant Jain

Secretly drawn art of the world, delivered to your inbox.