Food is Stupid

An insider's tour of the tea world, by award winning journalist Max Falkowitz.

Occasional tales on food, drink, culture and animals.

a newsletter on asian foodways, crossroads culture, and home cooking. subscribe now for recipes from my favorite cookbooks, conversations with amazing names in food, and plenty of delicious food illustrations—all delivered to your inbox weekly!

My latest finds in Chicago’s vibrant dining scene and highlights from my food-focused travels

Food stories. Mostly. Many with dead celebrity cameos.

Food recommendations of all kinds.

I write essays inspired by my life as a restaurant cook. Subscribe for memoir stories, restaurant cooking tips, and my favourite recipes.

It's about nothing, but also everything! From music to travel to obsessing about things to the point of monomania, take a few minutes to have fun with me. Do you need this newsletter? No. Do you need some laughs and little joy? YES. Sign up today!

pop culture • rom coms • swiping while middle-aged

An opinionated newsletter of unsolicited (but very good) recommendations.

The travel newsletter for food people, edited by longtime journalists who love exploring America. From taco trucks to tasting menus to taverns, we bring you the best places to eat and drink.

food and cooking

A plant killer's chronicle of growing little trees in the big city, by Max Falkowitz.

Thai food in America and several long-considered but barely filtered thoughts on the subject (plus, of course, recipes)

Do you like cooking? I don't. Anyway, here's a bunch of words about something I cooked.

Your field guide to food and drink in the Midwest

Funny writing from The American Bystander, "the world's best print humor magazine."

Mike Nagrant, the last and former Chicago Sun-Times food critic and contributor to the James Beard-Winning Alinea cookbook writes about culture, life, food, cooking, restaurants, and food media.

A thrice-weekly, IACP-nominated breaducational newsletter from Andrew Janjigian. "Pedantic crap!" — A (former) reader