Hello. How have you been?
There’s a book I want to buy called ‘Noise.’ It has nothing to do with food, but everything to do with decision making.
In Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise produces errors in many fields, including in medicine, law, public health, economic forecasting, forensic science, child protection, creative strategy, performance review and hiring.
And rather than ordering it online, I'm thinking of driving the 8 miles to my nearest bookstore, so I can peruse the bookshelves and speak to a human being who may come up to me asking if they can help me find what I am looking for. This is something you don’t get online. It’s a search box with no human contact. Feeling the book in your hand and reading the intro before you buy seems to be a luxury these days. There are a few new cookbooks I want to buy, too. Perhaps I’ll get them at the same time.
It’s taken all week, since my return from Whitby, to catch up on adding to the FoodStak index of food writers and publications. Below are the most recent writers added to the list. I get to read all of their bios and a few of their posts, and I can tell you there are some interesting and wonderful reads.
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Who’s new on the FoodStak Index
Christine, My Tuscany Roots. by
Beyond Babylon | Jewish Food Stories from Southeast Asia by
Check out ‘The Coffees of My Life’ which I cross-posted with Elli’s permission.Contadina by
Scattered Crumbs and Tangled Tales by
Cat Hair on the Chopping Board by
- Sarene Wallace and Beth Lee
Entertaining with Beth by Beth Le Manach
Sicc Palette by
OMG! Yummy by
It’s Your Kitchen by Brooke Lewy
What I’m reading
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This post will resonate with many people, including myself. My focus on FoodStak is to support food writers and help make connections with others.
Events
While watching the replay of a recent live chat by Seth Werkheiser I heard Seth suggest people might want to set up an event page for their local community, a place where people go to get all the info on what’s going on in their locality.
So I went one step further and set up an Events page on FoodStak, organised by food writers around the world. Discover what Live Chats, Cookalongs, Meetups, and Retreats are happening near you and online.
Events listed include
- who is holding a cookalong on 27th September
- , who is holding several events through September, October and an in-person retreat in 2026.
If you have an event that you would like to be listed, click the button below.
Other News
- of Bake Experiments has begun a series of Micro bakery lessons. This week, she discussed the impact different-coloured sugars have on a French Meringue.
If you are a fan of the Great British Bake Off you may be interested to know that
has begun season two of ‘The Great Taisty Bytes Bake Off’.
We have some great conversations going on in the FoodStak Chat. Pop over and join in.
A timely reminder to all publishers to download or back up your publications. Once again, I have seen something on Notes where someone has lost all of their Substack content because of a glitch or while trying to merge their accounts. Once it’s gone, there’s no coming back. It’s been deleted permanently. So before you do anything else today, start the download now.
On a lighter note, I’ve reposted this Pastry Crimping Techniques because it’s such a simple way to make your tarts and pies look a little prettier. Rustic, maybe.
Main FoodStak Index
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Discover food writers who include a variety of cooking cuisines in their publications. Some categories are still a work in progress and are awaiting publication.
Other Links> American | Baking and Desserts | BIPOC | Bread and Sourdough | Chocolate | Food History | Food Industry | Food Politics | Food Travel | French |Gluten Free | Italian | LGBTQ+ | Middle Eastern | Reviews | Seasonal Cooking | Vegan and Plant Based | Vegetarian
There is nothing better then holding a real book in my hands while standing in a bookstore surrounded by stacks of others.
Ahh thank you so much for the mention, lovely! 🥰
And thank you for the reminder to do the backup - I keep meaning to and it sounds like the glitch is happening more often lately.