Substack Reads

Focus on food: Breaking up with perfectionist cooking, lemon-garlic-oil season, and Boston cream pudding cake

Pastry artist Paris Starn and chef Pierce Abernathy select their top Substack reads

Apr 27 •

Pierce Abernathy

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Swiftology on breakups, Yorkshire peat bogs, and the history of Ghana’s bag for life

This week’s digest is guest edited by the creators of In Haste, a literary magazine and podcast about how books get written, from authors Alice Vincent…

Apr 20 •

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Charlotte Runcie

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The lonely, plastic internet, factory settings on marriage and children, and how to gain power

This week’s digest is guest edited by Emily Sundberg, who writes Feed Me , a daily business publication on Substack.

Apr 13 •

Famous bread, Jeremy Allen White’s flowers, and why we love rainy days

This week’s digest is guest edited by Joanna Goddard, the founder and editor behind the influential lifestyle website Cup of Jo and writer of Big Salad…

Apr 6 •

Shop talk, a year in the forest, being a scientist in a war zone, and mastering hummus

This week’s digest is guest edited by British author Henry Oliver, who writes The Common Reader on Substack.

Mar 30 •

Healing spring, the origin of human cooperation, and herbs to make you feel alive

This week Substack Reads is guest edited by Poetry Today’s Maya C. Popa

Mar 23 •

Phones and loneliness, early tennis retirement, and ‘two-parent privilege’

Your weekly roundup of stories and voices we think you might enjoy, but which you may well have missed.

Mar 9

Posh grumbles, letting your business die, and how to hire a line cook

Hello and welcome to another edition of Substack Reads: your weekend digest of the best writing, podcats, and video, from across Substack.

Mar 2

Finding home, the truth about Ten Cent Beer Night, and why artists are going extinct

Welcome to another edition of Substack Reads—your weekly digest of great writing, talking, playing, thinking, and ideas from across Substack.

Feb 24

NY Fashion Week roundup, doping in soccer, and why we can’t stomach driverless cars

Welcome to another edition of Substack Reads—your weekend digest of handpicked great writing, podcasts, and video, from across Substack.

Feb 17

Substack Reads: The double exposure effect, a mustard obsession, and the color of Neptune

Hello and welcome to another edition of Substack Reads: your weekend digest of the best writing, podcasts and more, from across Substack.

Feb 10

Substack Reads: Chess-master diaries, creative routines, and secret pantry staples

Your weekly roundup of stories and voices we think you might enjoy, but which you may well have missed.

Feb 3

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