The next stops on my North London Jewish bakery crawl were all about the rugelach. Now I hadn't come across these little crescents of joy until @akatzkennedy.bsky.social pointed me in the right direction (not least in her brilliant guide for @vittles.bsky.social), so catching up for lost time! 🥐

New Orleans and an attack on joy topographickitchens.substack.com/p/new-orlean...

I had the absolute pleasure of writing about Liu Fang, her unexpected story into owning a Chinese restaurant inside a diner and how her rooted-meets-fluid approach to Chinese cuisine has expanded the culinary scene in Cleveland for the better. somethingcurated.com/2024/12/04/a...

Londoners are spoilt for choice when it comes to bakeries. For delicious magazine, I had the pleasure to write about just some of my favourite modern Jewish bakeries the city has to offer, whose history and influence has changed and evolved over 100+ years www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/londons-best...

Finished! It wasn’t hard to do, just hard to find time. Close up of the fine details. (Hehe) #embroidery #ThisIsFine

I'd like to include non- English speaking food-related accounts in my starter packs so PLEASE let me know about them.

Always a pleasure catching up over a fantastic meal and great company.

I really really appreciated what Tim Anderson (who I don't think is on here...yet??) wrote about essentially weaponising American nostalgia to make people believe that it's true, just, real and achievable 24hourpancakepeople.substack.com/p/24-hour-pa...

I’m opening a new online culinary school in 3 days! Eep! Everything is chaos but maybe it’s the perfect time for a school that has fermentation lessons, and writing prompts, and guided meditations so we can create wonderful things while we navigate said chaos? Watch this space!

I've compiled a food media/ food feed starter pack and I'm keen to add to it. go.bsky.app/TT9fp7G

Hello to many new faces! Really hoping to connect with kind, funny people with varying interests including food/culture. I'm a food & culture writer originally from Cleveland, living in London for 18+ years now. I like writing about food but I mostly do so to write about and understand people.

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