Frank Bear's Lunch Box is a Substack newsletter by a former LA Times columnist covering Los Angeles food, travel and the stories behind dishes and communities, such as the naming of Chinese restaurants in Monterey Park and Sikh langar kitchens. Readers get reported, anecdote-rich features with local history and practical detail about where to eat and why.
Website: https://frankbear.substack.com
Veteran restaurant critic Robert Sietsema writes about New York City dining, focusing on inexpensive eats, neighborhood food crawls, and restaurant openings. Readers get specific dish and venue recommendations along with historical and cultural context.
Susie Bright's personal newsletter mixes sharp cultural and political commentary on sexuality, fascism and history with memoir, dream-analysis anecdotes and recipes. Readers get a distinctive, opinionated voice that connects current events to her decades of writing about sex and culture.
Vittles is a UK and India-based online food and culture magazine whose newsletter carries essays, panel discussions, columns and calls for pitches. Readers get critical, politically aware writing on food systems, labour, the food media industry and British food culture.
A Houston food critic's personal newsletter mixing restaurant reviews and revisits with food-focused travel dispatches, including recent trips to Japan. Readers get vivid, opinionated writing on specific dishes, places and local dining scenes.
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