As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
December 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
I’m a food writer now
Delightful pad kra pao courtesy of @edsbs.bsky.social. I get all my best recipes from the internet’s only college football podcast @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’m a food writer now
Turn a writer into a food. I'll go first.
Edgar Allan Polenta
Edgar Allan Polenta
July 24, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Turn a writer into a food. I'll go first.
Edgar Allan Polenta
Edgar Allan Polenta
I hope a food writer is picking up that all the baking sites are showcasing their lists of egg replacements for bakers in the time of $10 eggs
February 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I hope a food writer is picking up that all the baking sites are showcasing their lists of egg replacements for bakers in the time of $10 eggs
If you don’t stop in mid-sentence to check a thing and then three hours later you’ve learned the entire history of canned food but not finished the sentence, why even be a writer?!
April 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
If you don’t stop in mid-sentence to check a thing and then three hours later you’ve learned the entire history of canned food but not finished the sentence, why even be a writer?!
Food writer weighs in.
May 30, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Food writer weighs in.
TEN YEARS AGO
WRITER: "How about a novel with a crazy president who can't stop talking about his new $300 million gold ballroom while millions of Americans go without food."
AGENT: "That's a little heavy-handed. No politician would be that stupid. Come up with a more subtle, believable scenario."
WRITER: "How about a novel with a crazy president who can't stop talking about his new $300 million gold ballroom while millions of Americans go without food."
AGENT: "That's a little heavy-handed. No politician would be that stupid. Come up with a more subtle, believable scenario."
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
TEN YEARS AGO
WRITER: "How about a novel with a crazy president who can't stop talking about his new $300 million gold ballroom while millions of Americans go without food."
AGENT: "That's a little heavy-handed. No politician would be that stupid. Come up with a more subtle, believable scenario."
WRITER: "How about a novel with a crazy president who can't stop talking about his new $300 million gold ballroom while millions of Americans go without food."
AGENT: "That's a little heavy-handed. No politician would be that stupid. Come up with a more subtle, believable scenario."
The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.
Chef Kenji López-Alt serves up a nourishing recipe of food and music
The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.
n.pr
August 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.
Elon promoted a positive review of the Tesla Diner where the writer admits he doesn’t even eat the food lmao
April 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Elon promoted a positive review of the Tesla Diner where the writer admits he doesn’t even eat the food lmao
I'm a professional writer in a film. I can afford food.
I’m a journalist in a film. I have a staff job and all my interviews are in person
Hello, I'm a copyeditor in a film. Just kidding, copyeditors don't appear in films; I'm a blurry extra typing busily in a weirdly well-lit "cool" office as the heroine walk-and-talks past.
July 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I'm a professional writer in a film. I can afford food.
Time to bake a memorial plum torte!
September 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Time to bake a memorial plum torte!
On being a food writer during turbulent political times for @contrariannews.org
(And of course there’s a recipe.)
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
(And of course there’s a recipe.)
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Chocolate and coffee marble cake
On being a food writer during turbulent political times.
open.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
On being a food writer during turbulent political times for @contrariannews.org
(And of course there’s a recipe.)
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
(And of course there’s a recipe.)
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The food writer Nigella Lawson has has joined “The Great British Bake Off.” By all accounts, she’s on fire. (In a good way.)
Nigella Lawson and ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Is a Winning Recipe
The British food writer — who brought the world the most creative possible pronunciation of “microwave” — has joined the show. By all accounts, she’s on fire. (In a good way.)
nyti.ms
September 24, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The food writer Nigella Lawson has has joined “The Great British Bake Off.” By all accounts, she’s on fire. (In a good way.)
Editor: You write that food column headline?
Writer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Writer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
May 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Editor: You write that food column headline?
Writer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Writer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
This quince custard tart by the food writer Nigel Slater looks so, so good.
December 17, 2023 at 10:55 PM
This quince custard tart by the food writer Nigel Slater looks so, so good.
Ah, someone else has written about this place being an echo chamber. That writer sounds really smart and cool as hell! So much food for thought!
October 22, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Ah, someone else has written about this place being an echo chamber. That writer sounds really smart and cool as hell! So much food for thought!
The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.
Chef Kenji López-Alt serves up a nourishing recipe of food and music
The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.
n.pr
July 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.
If you're a writer on deadline to write a food vendor and it feels boring or unimportant, that's when you put on your Big Game Writer Pants and make the food vendor's dialogue a sneaky reference to the Chicks' "Goodbye, Earl," LIKE A PROFESSIONAL.
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If you're a writer on deadline to write a food vendor and it feels boring or unimportant, that's when you put on your Big Game Writer Pants and make the food vendor's dialogue a sneaky reference to the Chicks' "Goodbye, Earl," LIKE A PROFESSIONAL.
thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
Because the food is so delicious & she’s so good on the telly, it’s easy to forget that @nigella.bsky.social was, is & always will be the most beautiful writer. Not after reading this, though.
Good morning and Happy Nigella Day! Because all is briefly right with the world and as a special treat, it's free to read. www.ft.com/content/4819...
How did I end up here? — Nigella Lawson’s first FT column
A defence of food writing (and a recipe for rice pudding) as Nigella returns to her alma mater newspaper
www.ft.com
April 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Because the food is so delicious & she’s so good on the telly, it’s easy to forget that @nigella.bsky.social was, is & always will be the most beautiful writer. Not after reading this, though.
I'm increasing my food writer/historian/author/chef Starter Pack... if you're here for the food or you just need something completely different every now and then...
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go.bsky.app/52LWURT
December 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I'm increasing my food writer/historian/author/chef Starter Pack... if you're here for the food or you just need something completely different every now and then...
go.bsky.app/52LWURT
go.bsky.app/52LWURT
Not only do I share the recipe for a great coffee/chocolate marble cake, but I also wrote about being a food writer during turbulent political times…
Please give it some love…
contrarian.substack.com/p/chocolate-...
Please give it some love…
contrarian.substack.com/p/chocolate-...
Chocolate and coffee marble cake
On being a food writer during turbulent political times.
contrarian.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Not only do I share the recipe for a great coffee/chocolate marble cake, but I also wrote about being a food writer during turbulent political times…
Please give it some love…
contrarian.substack.com/p/chocolate-...
Please give it some love…
contrarian.substack.com/p/chocolate-...
My favorite food writer on my favorite restaurant gripe
I wrote about how there's still such a communication divide between restaurants that purport to be "for everyone" and vegans/vegetarians www.eater.com/24319701/veg...
When the Restaurants ‘for Everyone’ Aren’t for Vegetarians
With restaurants trying to cater to the widest possible audience, why do so many still miss the mark with vegan and vegetarian food?
www.eater.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:30 PM
My favorite food writer on my favorite restaurant gripe
