The Bombesquad Substack List
Looking for a fave new newsletter? Check out these tasty options.
The Bombesquad loves Substack. We asked our members who are on the platform to share their links, and in response, we got a baker’s dozen times four—and then some.
Most of the Substacks are about food, naturally, but we’ve also got parenting (hi, Munch Menus by Phoebe Lapin), literary agent advice (Not So Secret Agent from Sally Ekus of The Ekus Group), and the life of a hot dog entrepreneur (Hot Dog Hustle by Swedish hot dog queen Amelia Uedailey). Amelia, you are the definition of niche (and we can’t wait to try your hot dogs at Jubilee L.A.).
If you’re looking for some fresh voices in food, and fresh takes on what we eat, drink, and cook, be sure to check these out. Have a Substack you love? Let us know in the comments below.
100 Days Of Fruit
Member Name: Anya Kurennaya
Description: A collection of recipes and reflections that are fruit-forward, inspired by my travels to the citrus groves of the Medici, the hedgerows of Ireland, plant nurseries in Hawaii, and farmer's markets all over the country. Readers can expect a cultural history of fruit along with recipes that showcase seasonality and flavor.
Inspired By: Five years ago I took on a project called "100 Days of Fruit" where I illustrated a different fruit each and witnessed my skills and passion grow over the 100 days. This Substack is about the rewards that come with continued small actions directed toward a singular pursuit, and a way to share my knowledge and passion with others!
Alex at the Table
Member Name: Alexandra Leigh
Description: Previously focused on cookbooks, food media, recipes, and gardening. Now exploring art direction—graphic design, photography, videography, branding, and more.
Inspired By: Caroline Chambers, Cherry Bombe, and a desire to be in community with some of my favorite people.
Amuse Bouche
Member Name: Michele Ouellet
Description: Sharing my favorites from the worlds of fashion, food, wine, travel, beauty, and entertaining!
Inspired By: I love reading Substacks and wanted to share things that didn’t quite fit on other platforms.
Austin Kuih Co.
Member Name: Ava Rokia
Description: A sweet and savory pop-up project mixing heritage and invention by Austin-based chef Ava Rokia. Explores regional cooking, recipes, kitchens, and tables as living archives.
Inspired By: Fun with recipes and food history.
Authentic Foodie
Member Name: Dr. Janna Tamargo
Description: Bite-sized essays, interviews, and culture-driven food stories for curious eaters and travelers.
Inspired By: Sharing research from my dissertation and global travels, and exploring the sociology of food.
bake chats
Member Name: Kassie Mendieta
Description: On her Substack, she shares reflections beyond her persona—including a playful series of cakes that taste like perfumes.
Inspired By: Blending recipes, stories, and community as a pastry cook and food writer.
Bivalve Curious
Member Name: Julie Qiu
Description: An oyster educator & brand strategist on a quest for half-shell enlightenment—exploring oyster culture, science, and business, with surprise guests.
Inspired By: I’ve long been an oyster blogger (inahalfshell.com) and wanted to learn new tricks.
Broccoli Rising
Member Name: Ellen Kanner
Description: Plant-based plus—conscious cookery, quirky culinary history, videos, special guests, exclusive essays, musings, and fabulous recipes.
Butter Service
Member Name: Ksenia Dempster
Description: Butter Service is a newsletter for dessert people, bread people, breakfast pastry people, cookie people, ice cream people—or anyone who has ever eaten and enjoyed butter.
Inspired By: My love of creating and sharing treats with others, and talking about it! Explaining it! Giving you a recipe so you can feel what I feel.
Central Stem
Member Name: Holly Adair
Description: Sparking thoughts on books, cookbooks, and tablescapes—with a sustainable lens.
Inspired By: An outlet for creative thoughts and reflection.
Chef Mia Castro
Member Name: Mia Castro
Description: Still discovering my direction but oriented toward cheffy pro-tips, food travel recs, and deep dive into recipes (upcoming cookbook related and private chef world).
Inspired By: Still working on it, but seeing it as a possible profitable creative outlet for readers who may appreciate what IG followers don't in my long-winded Reel/in-feed post captions.
Claim Your Inner Chef
Member Name: Janet Mary Cobb
Description: Cooking insights, tips & tricks, recipes, and encouragement for those who want to be confident, comfortable, and creative in the kitchen.
Inspired By: I’ve returned to my earliest passion for cooking and teaching, and writing about it makes sense.
Cook with Anana
Member Name: Nonna Anna
Description: Generational recipes from nonni (grandparents) all over Italy. A love letter to family cooking, one handmade pasta at a time.
Inspired By: Wanting to share more of my inspiration and creativity with you!
Cook with Your Hands
Member Name: Cal Longenecker
Description: Recipes, remedies and reflections from a private chef, mom and herbalist.
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Cookbookery Collective
Member Name: Jenna Helwig
Description: A gathering place for the cookbook community—authors, eaters, cooks, editors, publicists, publishers, agents, and aspiring authors alike.
Inspired By: I knew there was a community of cookbook superfans out there, and I wanted to create a space for us.
Cooking, Writing, Indulging
Member Name: Porsha Thomas
Description: Meals and musings of a bon vivant navigating midlife with moxie. Essays, interviews, un-recipes, and indulgence recs.
Inspired By: I wanted to be myself on the internet, after years of creating content for brands.
Dabah Recipes
Member Name: Marion Sultan
Description: Dabah is a mobile application for safe-keeping and sharing recipes under one roof. Our Substack is a support to engage our users and build a community. Until launch (coming very soon) we have been publishing newsletters about sharing food around a dinner table and other ideas.
Inspired By: We want the Dabah community to be able to have support as they are using our App.
Eat More
Member Name: Rose Wilde
Description: A vibrant blend of recipes, garden tips, and global food stories rooted in whole grains, botanicals, and seasonal produce. Part kitchen dispatch, part creative journal, it brings readers joyfully into Rose’s world of cooking, travel, and everyday inspirations.
Inspired By: I started this Substack alongside my cookbook release in 2023 as a way to share more recipes and stay closely connected with my community — a space to celebrate the everyday beauty that surrounds me and the joy of bringing it to the table.
Family Scrapbook
Member Name: Hannah Hoskins
Description: A photography-heavy glimpse into family life—travel, recipes, and day-to-day moments.
Inspired By: I wanted to share more photography and the personality behind my business.
Four Top
Member Name: Page Berger
Description: A weekly culture digest for the culinarily inclined—stories, recommendations, round-ups, and deep dives into food, books, and media.
Inspired By: I’ve written newsletters throughout my career; this is the most fun part of my freelance work and a way to connect with brilliant creatives.
Fresh Eggs Daily
Member Name: Lisa Steele
Description: Chickens, ducks, geese, eggs, recipes, a corgi, and life in Maine.
Inspired By: I miss old-school blogging before SEO and analytics ruled everything.
Fridge Clean Out
Member Name: Lauren Johnson
Description: A weekly newsletter about leftovers, cooking, and food culture—plus dispatches on food media obsessions and new finds.
Inspired By: Years of reading food media and wanting something fun, snappy, and practical for home cooks.
Gluten Free Concierge
Member Name: Maura Postlethwait
Description: Monthly interviews with chefs and product makers who make eating safe for people with celiac.
Inspired By: I’ve had celiac for 12 years and want to help others find the best gluten-free spots.
Gluten Free in DC
Member Name: Maura Postlethwait
Description: A weekly listicle of gluten-free dining news, restaurants, and events in DC/DMV.
Inspired By: I moved from Napa Valley to DC and saw a lack of celiac-friendly resources—so I started one.
Great Bakes
Member Name: Martin Sorge
Description: Modern Midwestern baking recipes, tips, and stories from writer, baker, and someone that Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith called a "great baker."
Inspired By: I started my newsletter to share my recipes, practice writing, and to connect with home bakers and fellow writers.
Inside the Food Studio
Member Name: Eva Kolenko
Description: Seasoned food photographer sharing behind-the-scenes stories, advice, insights, and inspiration from 50+ cookbooks and counting.
Inspired By: A love of capturing food in all its forms and the desire to share what happens beyond the frame.
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Member Name: Andrea DeWerd
Description: All about book publishing, marketing, reading and travel recs, and the occasional omakase review.
Let it Simmer
Member Name: Lindsey Otto
Description: A newsletter dedicated to Seattle’s dynamic pop-up food scene with chef features and stories.
Inspired By: Covering Seattle’s pop-up community revealed a gap I wanted to fill—connecting people to these experiences and stories.
Letters from the Table
Member Name: Joni Goldbach
Description: Letters from the Table is a series of love letters to people, places & moments where sensory memories are expressed through stories, letters, recipes, gatherings, and related content. It is an invitation to the table — to experience and share perspectives through food.
Inspired By: It started in memory, nostalgia, and a realization that the one constant physical thing that we actively choose, consume, and share every day, can be a lens for understanding and deepening our relationships with each other and the communities we live in.
Lil’s Backdoor Boulangerie
Member Name: Lillian Syme
Description: Professional baker and writer aiming to be the Martha of Gen Z. Food, baking, lifestyle, culture, opinion, and travel.
Inspired By: I started it as a place to share my thoughts on bread baking and more.
Mindy Crosato
Member Name: Mindy Crosato
Description: Baking adventures with innovative recipe grids from a Chopped Champion and bakery owner.
Inspired By: To dust off my writer’s voice and connect with like-minded folks.
Mise En Brain
Member Name: Nandini Ravichandran
Description: My substack is a sumptuous chronicle of my culinary capers—where recipes are tested, triumphs exalted, and the eternal rhapsody of gastronomy unfurls with decadent aplomb.
Munch Menus
Member Name: Phoebe Lapine
Description: Weekly meal prep for kids that’s realistic and varied, plus “cool mom” advice, expert interviews, and parenting essays.
Inspired By: As a longtime blogger, Substack felt like a return to the simplicity of early internet writing.
Next Level Gluten Free
Member Name: Rachel Ciordas
Description: Making gluten-free life more delicious.
Inspired By: Dianne Jacob told me to!
Not So Secret Agent
Member Name: Sally Ekus
Description: A transparent, informative look into the world of cookbook publishing from a senior literary agent.
Inspired By: To help people publish cookbooks and learn about the industry.
Nourishing Creativity
Member Name: Chef Carla Contreras
Description: Nourish your very full life with micro doses of creativity. Tune in for conversations with entrepreneurs and creatives about their process (blocks included). Plus, creator tools, well-being favorites, and recipes that bring the vibe.
Inspired By: I started building Substack publications with my clients back in 2021. I started my own publication in 2023 and moved my podcast over in 2024. This past year, I’ve guided clients in building 11 Rising Substack publications, turning ideas into profitable platforms.
OMG! Yummy
Member Name: Beth A. Lee
Description: Spreading the joy of food from the lens of my multicultural Jewish kitchen—exploring how food reflects the stories of mixed race/mixed religion families.
Inspired By: I wanted a platform that supported my blog newsletter while allowing me to broaden my writing, build community, and maybe generate income.
On Cooking
Member Name: Clare Langan
Description: Seasonal recipes from my Bay Area kitchen, plus in-depth guides and freelance life BTS.
Inspired By: I wanted a space outside of Instagram for longer writing, community, and monetization.
9 x 12 | Pascale's Kitchen
Member Name: Pascale Beale
Description: A multi-media book project about reinvention and feeding community, released in monthly chapters.
Inspired By: Reading food Substacks during Covid and wanting to release my own memoir in serial form.
Pass The Fish Sauce
Member Name: Andrea Nguyen
Description: Award-winning author bringing Vietnamese flavors and kitchen wisdom to her Substack, where she shares family stories, cooking tips, and musings on Asian food and culture.
Peggy Cormary Photography
Member Name: Peggy Cormary
Description: How to make your food the most tasty to look at and your place the more welcoming place.
Inspired By: Always like to connect and help liked-minded food and interior businesses to glow!
ratiheats
Member Name: Ratih Sutrisno
Description: Weekly reflections on food, fitness, and finding joy in the everyday.
Inspired By: To create a joyful, nourishing brand that inspires intentional living.
Recipes by Karachi Kitchen
Member Name: Kausar Ahmed
Description: Recipes and reflections celebrating the intersection of food, identity, and culture, especially from Pakistan.
Inspired By: To create a virtual dastarkhwan for community, stories, and memory-sharing.
Rhubarb and Cod
Member Name: Susan Keefe
Description: Dinner party menus and handy prep schedules.
Inspired By: I wanted more space for long-form writing.
ripe-hearted
Member Name: Rikki Li
Description: Romantic recipes, tender words, and quiet celebrations of life’s beautiful things.
Sauce Me Up
Member Name: Sarah Marshall
Description: Unleashing culinary creativity, one homemade sauce and sauce-drenched meal at a time—recipes by Marshall's Haute Sauce Owner, Sarah Marshall.
Inspired By: Recipe Writing, teaching people how to create joy in their kitchens.
Sense of Occasion
Member Name: Julie Dove
Description: Exploring the intersection of food, memory, and legacy through vintage cookbooks and personal storytelling.
Inspired By: Discovering a box of 200 vintage cookbooks in 2025 sparked this project of remembrance and ritual.
Shana Speaks Wine
Member Name: Shana Clarke
Description: Exploring modern culture through the lens of wine and sake.
Inspired By: A journalist’s space to tell stories authentically and creatively.
Smart in the Kitchen
Member Name: Marcia Smart
Description: Teaching kitchen skills, knife tips, meal planning hacks, and prep insight—the speed-dating version of culinary school.
Inspired By: Caroline Chambers encouraged me, and I wish I’d started sooner.
Stale Bread & Moonshine
Member Name: Alison Bailey Vercruysse
Description: Stale Bread & Moonshine bottles up the ingenuity of times gone by to help re-design our habits around food and drink for the nourishment of us and the planet.
Inspired By: Raise my unique voice into a community of influencers, changemakers and fellow disruptors.
Stonebrook House
Member Name: Ellen Scherer Crafts
Description: Living and celebrating all things local with stories from our 100 year old home in Western Connecticut. I find joy in living "yard to table" and cultivating a delicious life - with help from my friends of course who are cooks, makers, & growers.
Inspired By: I started with the intention of writing about the transformational change I had moving my family from L.A. to Connecticut. We began living "yard to table" and started a podcast about that life that also showcases the people we have met along the way doing amazing things in their own yards.
Sumac & Sunshine
Member Name: Sarene Wallace & Beth Lee
Description: Exploring Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors through a California lens with recipes and ingredient deep dives.
Inspired By: Inspired by Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook and our long-running Facebook group.
Sunwise
Member Name: Kate McCabe
Description: A gathering place for storytellers and solutionaries, with reflections on landscape, literature, travel, and food.
Inspired By: To give Bog & Thunder participants a virtual home for Irish culture and travel.
Sweetpea Lifestyle
Member Name: Ashley Elizabeth
Description: Effortless entertaining made magical—easy recipes, dinner party kits, and cozy inspiration for gatherings that bring people together.
Inspired By: Substack feels like old school blogging from the early 2000s with video that is easy! But, really, it was Caroline Chambers who inspired me!
Taste Jo Food
Member Name: Jocette Aribeyi
Description: A food writer with a big love for Turkish cuisine, plus curiosity about global flavors and food traditions.
Inspired By: Years spent in Istanbul and Izmir fueled a lifelong passion for Turkish and global food writing.
Thank Salt
Member Name: Erin Brindley
Description: Recipes, travel, and life musings from the award-winning chef of Cafe Nordo.
Inspired By: I was working on a blog and this format seems like a much better fit. I love what I read on Substack, and I love being a part of the community. WRITERS!!!
The Galette Experiment
Member Name: Elaine Gonzalez
Description: Recipe development, cookbook testing, and travel notes.
Inspired By: Aiming to pivot my career into food as a recipe tester.
The Grace Before Dinner
Member Name: Jennifer Justus
Description: Stories of everyday awe, delight and moments of grace with recommendations for something good to eat.
Inspired By: I wanted to create a community space of my own where I could share thoughts that might not fit within the parameters or timeframes of more traditional media.
The Kitchen Dispatch
Member Name: Emily Duncan
Description: Recipes, personal updates, and interviews with food professionals and career changers.
Inspired By: Combining my careers as a writer and food person into one creative outlet.
The Perfect Bite Podcast
Member Name: Sarah Perkins
Description: Conversations with chefs, restaurateurs, CPG founders, food tech innovators, and more.
Inspired By: I wanted to share my podcast in a new format and write about what inspires me from guests.
The Rio Kitchen
Member Name: Camille Morgenstern
Description: Rio native Camille cooks Brazilian food with a California flair. Subscribe for inspo with that tropical je ne sais quois.
Inspired By: Wanting to write more and share recipes without the performance needed on an Instagram post.
This Inspires That
Member Name: Jen Gaily
Description: Sharing and scribbling about food, wine and anything delightful that inspires me as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator.
Inspired By: I love to ramble on and on about things I like to eat and drink and draw about them ;)
This Is The Real Good Life
Member Name: Maggie Skarich Joos
Description: What's for dinner and existential reflection—what else is there for a lady in the middle to talk about? Oh, and dessert. I'll always talk about dessert.
Inspired By: "Feed their senses. Nourish your soul. Empower the body." This is my personal mission statement. Setting up a Substack of my own gives me the opportunity to go deeper on all three points. But like, in a fun way.
Trust Your Taste
Member Name: Anne-Marie Pietersma
Description: Cheese and storytelling, blending pairings, true stories, and cultural fables.
Inspired By: Helping people learn to trust their literal and conceptual taste, while celebrating cheese.
Vivienne Culinary Books
Member Name: Robin Wheelright
Description: Notes on cookbooks, cooking, and running a cookbook store.
Inspired By: We wanted a way to communicate with our community outside the whims of big tech.
Weeknight Dinners
Member Name: Kelly Powers
Description: A weekly newsletter, where I share nutrition education, science-backed resources, and expert guidance to help you find realistic wellness. You’ll also get my personal recommendations, plus a space to connect with a like-minded community.
Inspired By: A desire to build community around food and realistic wellness that leaves people feeling supported, encouraged, capable, and inspired!
What’s On The Menu
Member Name: Colleen McNally Arnett
Description: Weekly-ish dining dispatches from Savannah, Georgia, and beyond. Through my in-depth Q&As with chefs, farmers, and food people, I help you answer the eternal question when looking at any menu—what to order now?—and why.
Inspired By: My Substack writing and research often supplement the work I do as a freelance journalist. I've contributed to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Eater, Garden & Gun, Good Grit, Southern Living, Plate, Tock, VinePair, and more.
While Entertaining
Member Name: Amber Mayfield Hewett
Description: Stories and inspiration for hosting and entertaining.
Inspired By: I love planning parties and wanted to share tips to help fellow hosts.
xoxo, Dorie
Member Name: Dorie Greenspan
Description: I think of my newsletter as a place for people who are crazy about food - cooking it, baking it, reading and writing about it - and curious about the world. There are stories from America and France and recipes from all over.
Inspired By: I wanted to have another way to gather together and have conversations with people who love food, travel and cookbooks, my passions.
ZoëBakes
Member Name: Zoë François
Description: On her Substack, she shares recipes, travel adventures, bakery picks, and BTS from her Magnolia Network show Zoë Bakes.
What an inspirational list! Thank you, Cherry Bombe!
I loved today's meeting! Appreciate you sharing my free Substack 101 class 🥰