RMJ
@rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
writer. SMALL FIRES out now (Pushkin Press) winner 2024 Nach Waxman Prize MEAL TIME in progress (Jonathan Cape & Ecco )
edits @ vittles and writes dinner document substack
Coastal Essex
www.rebeccamayjohnson.com
edits @ vittles and writes dinner document substack
Coastal Essex
www.rebeccamayjohnson.com
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RMJ
@rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
· Aug 19
I am excited to be working with Gabriella Doob at Ecco books for the US publication of my next book Meal Time, alongside Željka Marošević at Jonathan Cape! <3
As soon as I am allowed to eat offal again I want Nick's Venetian calves' liver and mashed potato !! recipe up now on @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/fegato-all...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/fegato-all...
Fegato alla Veneziana with Buttery Mash
Nick Bramham’s take on the evocative Venetian classic will transport you to the Grand Canal on even the dreariest of winter days. Words and images by Nick Bramham.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
As soon as I am allowed to eat offal again I want Nick's Venetian calves' liver and mashed potato !! recipe up now on @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/fegato-all...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/fegato-all...
‘“How do we cook this like Mom?” Our resources are our memories, and trial and error. We haven’t had a relationship with our mom for almost twenty years.’
Monica Cardenas on cooking her mother’s dishes after decades of estrangement in @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/its-fasul-...
Monica Cardenas on cooking her mother’s dishes after decades of estrangement in @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/its-fasul-...
It’s Fasul and Yes, I’m Saying it Right
Monica Cardenas on cooking her mother's dishes after decades of estrangement.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
‘“How do we cook this like Mom?” Our resources are our memories, and trial and error. We haven’t had a relationship with our mom for almost twenty years.’
Monica Cardenas on cooking her mother’s dishes after decades of estrangement in @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/its-fasul-...
Monica Cardenas on cooking her mother’s dishes after decades of estrangement in @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/its-fasul-...
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london is one of the greatest food cities in the world. for the last few years, i’ve been writing this for @vittles.bsky.social: a guide to everything interesting about eating in london right now, from fine dining to diaspora restaurants. i hope you enjoy it!
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...
The Vittles 99: The Full List
By popular demand.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
london is one of the greatest food cities in the world. for the last few years, i’ve been writing this for @vittles.bsky.social: a guide to everything interesting about eating in london right now, from fine dining to diaspora restaurants. i hope you enjoy it!
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...
First day of a big week of restaurant writing at @vittles.bsky.social: @jonathandnunn.bsky.social ate at c. 3000 London restaurants, showing unhinged commitment to his research (& putting his body through *a lot*) for this incredible public service journalism
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-99-bes...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-99-bes...
The 99 Best Restaurants in London, by Jonathan Nunn
The Vittles 99. Part 1: 99–76
www.vittlesmagazine.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
First day of a big week of restaurant writing at @vittles.bsky.social: @jonathandnunn.bsky.social ate at c. 3000 London restaurants, showing unhinged commitment to his research (& putting his body through *a lot*) for this incredible public service journalism
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-99-bes...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-99-bes...
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My copy arrived today and I've read a fraction of it. It's more than a magazine, something new that I can't quite define. The writing is dense, beautiful and always fascinating. I've learned loads and I'm not even half way through.
Issue two of @vittles.bsky.social in PRINT now available to pre-order!
It has the theme of BAD FOOD and is gross and gorgeous and packed full of incredible writing and illustrations
vittlesmagazine.myshopify.com/products/vit...
It has the theme of BAD FOOD and is gross and gorgeous and packed full of incredible writing and illustrations
vittlesmagazine.myshopify.com/products/vit...
Vittles Issue 2 – PREORDER
Vittles - Issue 1 - Spring 2025. A magazine about modern food and culture. The first issue of our print magazine, released for Vittles' fifth birthday in May 2025. 160+ pages of writing about modern f...
vittlesmagazine.myshopify.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My copy arrived today and I've read a fraction of it. It's more than a magazine, something new that I can't quite define. The writing is dense, beautiful and always fascinating. I've learned loads and I'm not even half way through.
This was *delicious* when I had it earlier this year – if you are after a weekend baking project, I highly recommend Chloe's mushroom stroganoff focaccia !
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/chloe-rose... @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/chloe-rose... @vittles.bsky.social
Chloe-Rose Crabtree's Mushroom Stroganoff Focaccia
A recipe for fluffy focaccia with pockets of richly flavoured mushroom stroganoff. Words by Chloe-Rose Crabtree. Images by Georgia Rudd.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This was *delicious* when I had it earlier this year – if you are after a weekend baking project, I highly recommend Chloe's mushroom stroganoff focaccia !
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/chloe-rose... @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/chloe-rose... @vittles.bsky.social
a beautifully reported and important piece on live-in domestic workers in Singapore and the role of the picnics they make for each other to eat in public space on their scant days off:
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/adobo-to-b...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/adobo-to-b...
Adobo to Bring, Rice to Eat
Gan Chin Lin writes about how picnics are grounds for friendship and solidarity among migrant domestic workers in Singapore. Photographs by Gan Chin Lin.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
a beautifully reported and important piece on live-in domestic workers in Singapore and the role of the picnics they make for each other to eat in public space on their scant days off:
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/adobo-to-b...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/adobo-to-b...
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My new essay on mould, disorder, and trans life in the UK is out now in issue two of @vittles.bsky.social : www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-is...
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My new essay on mould, disorder, and trans life in the UK is out now in issue two of @vittles.bsky.social : www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-is...
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Vittles magazine has an interview with me discussing the Michelin Guide in their latest edition (on Substack or by print subscription at £45 a year).
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Vittles magazine has an interview with me discussing the Michelin Guide in their latest edition (on Substack or by print subscription at £45 a year).
Anna Higham, the genius behind Quince bakery wrote some killer (and very straightforward) Christmas cookie box recipes for @vittles.bsky.social last year –
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/make-your-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/make-your-...
Make Your Own Festive Biscuit Box
Quince Bakery’s Anna Higham puts her own spin on the US tradition of cookie gift boxes, with a selection of three quick and easy recipes to bring joy this Christmas
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November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Anna Higham, the genius behind Quince bakery wrote some killer (and very straightforward) Christmas cookie box recipes for @vittles.bsky.social last year –
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/make-your-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/make-your-...
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Screaming, crying, throwing up open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
Vittles Christmas Gift Guide 2025
The Bad Food Edition: over fifty silly, fun and delicious gift ideas suggested by the contributors to Vittles’ second print issue.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Screaming, crying, throwing up open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
Such a good piece up today on @vittles.bsky.social by Mariam Abdel-Razek (and incred illustration by Sing Yun Lee, too)
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-myth-o...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-myth-o...
The Myth of Sisyphus
Mariam Abdel-Razek asks: why are chefs expected to love what they do? Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Such a good piece up today on @vittles.bsky.social by Mariam Abdel-Razek (and incred illustration by Sing Yun Lee, too)
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-myth-o...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-myth-o...
Hanna Thomas Uose on complex PTSD and finding a way to cook without knives in today's @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/soft-cooking
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/soft-cooking
Soft Cooking
On complex PTSD and cooking without knives. Words and photos by Hanna Thomas Uose.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hanna Thomas Uose on complex PTSD and finding a way to cook without knives in today's @vittles.bsky.social
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/soft-cooking
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/soft-cooking
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Wrote a bit about Bad Customers for @vittles.bsky.social! You need a paid sub I think but you should probably have one anyway open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
acid reflux - the customer is not always right
a rant about terrible restaurant customers, ft. Thom Eagle
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November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wrote a bit about Bad Customers for @vittles.bsky.social! You need a paid sub I think but you should probably have one anyway open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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I was beyond excited when the author of the new biography of Gertrude Stein, Francesca Wade, said she'd like to write about Alice B. Toklas for @vittles.bsky.social – and her essay is out today! Illustration by Ella Bucknall.
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook: An Audacious Literary Experiment
Gertrude Stein's biographer Francesca Wade on how Alice B. Toklas expanded the genre of autobiography with a book of recipes. Illustration by Ella Bucknall.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I was beyond excited when the author of the new biography of Gertrude Stein, Francesca Wade, said she'd like to write about Alice B. Toklas for @vittles.bsky.social – and her essay is out today! Illustration by Ella Bucknall.
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
I was beyond excited when the author of the new biography of Gertrude Stein, Francesca Wade, said she'd like to write about Alice B. Toklas for @vittles.bsky.social – and her essay is out today! Illustration by Ella Bucknall.
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook: An Audacious Literary Experiment
Gertrude Stein's biographer Francesca Wade on how Alice B. Toklas expanded the genre of autobiography with a book of recipes. Illustration by Ella Bucknall.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I was beyond excited when the author of the new biography of Gertrude Stein, Francesca Wade, said she'd like to write about Alice B. Toklas for @vittles.bsky.social – and her essay is out today! Illustration by Ella Bucknall.
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...
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If you appreciated Teen Vogue’s incisive and vital reporting on race and culture, thank the Black editors and journalists who did that work. If you read their stories on trans youth and queer liberation and disability, thank the queer and trans and disabled writers who wrote them. It’s simple math!!
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you appreciated Teen Vogue’s incisive and vital reporting on race and culture, thank the Black editors and journalists who did that work. If you read their stories on trans youth and queer liberation and disability, thank the queer and trans and disabled writers who wrote them. It’s simple math!!
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"As streets in global capitals are homogenised by billionaire-owned chains and private equity, Mamdani highlights that small-food businesses add an unquantifiable joy to the experience of living in a dense, fast-paced city."
A live-wire report of an essay by Apoorva Tadepalli (she needs to be here!)
A live-wire report of an essay by Apoorva Tadepalli (she needs to be here!)
A great dispatch from NYC in @vittles.bsky.social today about the role of small food businesses in Zohran Mamdani's campaigns – here's hoping some UK politicians take note... www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-did-zo...
How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants?
A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"As streets in global capitals are homogenised by billionaire-owned chains and private equity, Mamdani highlights that small-food businesses add an unquantifiable joy to the experience of living in a dense, fast-paced city."
A live-wire report of an essay by Apoorva Tadepalli (she needs to be here!)
A live-wire report of an essay by Apoorva Tadepalli (she needs to be here!)
A great dispatch from NYC in @vittles.bsky.social today about the role of small food businesses in Zohran Mamdani's campaigns – here's hoping some UK politicians take note... www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-did-zo...
How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants?
A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A great dispatch from NYC in @vittles.bsky.social today about the role of small food businesses in Zohran Mamdani's campaigns – here's hoping some UK politicians take note... www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-did-zo...
Sesame Street - Monster in the Mirror (celebrity version)
YouTube video by mstatz
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October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Local bookshops 💯💯💯 I am chatting to beloved @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social at Manningtree Arts next month about cooking and writing and much more!
www.manningtreearts.com/event-detail...
www.manningtreearts.com/event-detail...
Rachel Roddy | Manningtree Arts
Join acclaimed food writer Rachel Roddy to explore Italian cuisine, her award-winning books, and stories from Rome. Recipes, culture, and culinary inspiration await.
www.manningtreearts.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Local bookshops 💯💯💯 I am chatting to beloved @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social at Manningtree Arts next month about cooking and writing and much more!
www.manningtreearts.com/event-detail...
www.manningtreearts.com/event-detail...
last week's cooking dinnerdocument.substack.com/p/cabbage-ri...
Cabbage Rice and Meatballs
a week in cooking
dinnerdocument.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
last week's cooking dinnerdocument.substack.com/p/cabbage-ri...