Hello! My name is Rebecca May Johnson, I am a writer and cook and this is my is the audio podcast version of my twenty-first newsletter, with the title Salmon Mayonnaise. In it I read aloud writing about food eaten on a ferry, Freud’s salmon mayonnaise story as cited by Nuar Alsadir in her brilliant new book Animal Joy, a recipe for macerated nectarines and ricotta on toast, and everything I ate during 3 days on Colonsay. Book event news: 24 August (the night before the book comes out) I am...

Hello! My name is Rebecca May Johnson, I am a writer and cook and here is the audio podcast version of my twentieth newsletter, with the title I Don’t Know Where I’m Going. In it I read aloud writing about the film ‘I Know Where I’m Going’ (1945) directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger, eating seafood in Oban, and eating notes from Glasgow. If you’d like to pre-order my book SMALL FIRES, AN EPIC IN THE KITCHEN out 25th August with Pushkin Press, you can do so here (UK) and here...

Hello! My name is Rebecca May Johnson, I am a writer and cook and here is the audio podcast version of my nineteenth newsletter, with the title Love Distance Love. In it I read aloud writing about a restaurant in Birmingham I have visited three times in the past year, some art that I saw there, a salady menu with recipes, and my eating notes from the week. If you’d like to pre-order my book SMALL FIRES, AN EPIC IN THE KITCHEN out 25th August, you can do so here (UK) and here (UK, US, &...

Hello! My name is Rebecca May Johnson, I am a writer and cook and here is the audio podcast version of my eighteenth newsletter, with the title Artichoke Season. In it I read aloud a piece of writing about growing artichokes, give a menu and several recipes, and share my eating notes from the week. If you’d like to pre-order my book SMALL FIRES, AN EPIC IN THE KITCHEN out 25th August, you can do so here (UK) and here (UK, US, & Europe) Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May...

Hello! My name is Rebecca May Johnson, I am a writer and cook and here is the audio podcast version of my seventeenth newsletter, with the title An Exchange of Small Gifts. In it I read aloud a piece of writing about John Berger’s book The Red Tenda of Bologna, think about recipes given in the midst of life, including a recipe for Orkney mutton pie, share a menu and recipes from a midweek meal, and my eating notes from the week. If you’d like to pre-order my book SMALL FIRES, AN EPIC IN THE...

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my sixteenth newsletter, with the title À la minute. In it I read aloud some thoughts on the affinity between salad and madeleines, the various things I have made with fish the last few weeks, a recipe for quick fish soup, and eating notes. I send out the newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday and the audio version on Wednesdays; paid subs also have access to the archive. Free...

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my fifteenth newsletter, with the title Morning Light. In it I read aloud some thoughts on I live differently when the light changes, share two breakfast recipes, and give my eating notes. I send out the newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday (apart from public holidays when they go out on Tuesday) and the audio version on Wednesdays; paid subs also have access to the archive. Free...

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my fourteenth newsletter, with the title Other People’s Cooking. In it I read aloud some thoughts on what it is to be cooked for by other people, how a meal has a kind of poetics, share the menus that three people cooked for me including a recipe for potato salad, and give my eating notes. I send out the newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday (apart from public holidays when they go out...

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my thirteenth newsletter, with the title One Dish Leads to Another. In it I read aloud a tale of two markets, how one dish leads to two more, two recipes, and eating notes with several ideal lunches for one. I send out the newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday (apart from public holidays when they go out on Tuesday) and the audio version on Wednesdays; paid subs also have access to the...

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my twelfth newsletter, with the title Along the Tiber, the Tevere. It is the third newsletter written from Rome and I read aloud an account of the river path, the weeds I have seen and eaten, and the making of an Easter feast and the making of mayonnaise. I send out the newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday and the audio version on Wednesdays; paid subs also have access to the archive....

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my eleventh newsletter, with the title An Incomplete List of Rome. In it, I read aloud this an incomplete list of things I have seen, felt and eaten, adding to the partial list of Rome I wrote in January 2020. I send out the newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday (apart from this week due to a public holiday!) and the audio version on Wednesdays; paid subs also have access to the...

Hello, my name is Rebecca May Johnson, and here is the audio podcast version of my tenth newsletter, with the title April in Rome. In it, I read aloud a diary entry about a late meal on a tray in Rome, give recipes for two simple but delicious meals, and notes on what I've been eating. I send out the dinner document newsletter with text and images to paid subscribers every Monday and the audio version on Wednesdays. Free subscribers receive one newsletter per month and the audio version on...

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Listen now | A short essay about sandwiches, a week in sandwiches with recipes, and my eating notes. Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | A short essay, a diary entry, two recipes and notes on eating Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | A short essay, a week of trays, two recipes, and eating notes Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | A very short essay, a diary entry, recipes, and notes on eating Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | A very short essay, a diary entry, recipes, and notes on eating Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | The audio version of my second newsletter with a very short essay, a diary entry, four recipes and notes on what I've been eating. Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe

Listen now | The audio version of my first newsletter with a very short essay, a diary entry, two recipes and notes on what I've been eating. Get full access to dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson at dinnerdocument.substack.com/subscribe