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A food and culture magazine.

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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Fascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day.
The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
Grain of Terror
Why is the Western world so afraid of reheating rice? Joe Zadeh reports. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
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January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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garybugsyou.bsky.social
Really enjoyed this rice-reheating odyssey from @vittles.bsky.social

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#food #writing #history #scicomm
Grain of Terror
Why is the Western world so afraid of reheating rice? Joe Zadeh reports. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
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January 19, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
I simply love to be able to commission essays like @luketurner.bsky.social piece on 'ratting' – a perverse eating practice he developed working in restaurants at the turn of the millenium. Illustration by Antoine Cossé

In today's @vittles.bsky.social (free)

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‘I once ate a fly thinking it was crispy carbonised meat’: On Ratting
Luke Turner on an eating habit he developed while working in restaurants in the late 1990s. Illustration by Antoine Cossé.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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luketurner.bsky.social
I've written about how my troubled relationship with food was helped by "ratting" – the decadent habit of restaurant staff scarfing customers' abandoned food, and one that gives a thrill in the domestic kitchen. The ratter, you see, is hornier than most...

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‘I once ate a fly thinking it was crispy carbonised meat’: On Ratting
Luke Turner on an eating habit he developed while working in restaurants in the late 1990s. Illustration by Antoine Cossé.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
Sex and food at the LRB Bookshop with a discussion by writers Sheena Patel and Lauren J Joseph whose work is in the new issue of @vittles.bsky.social magazine!

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Vittles 2: Lauren J Joseph, Sheena Patel, & Odhran O’Donoghue
A discussion of the relationship between food and the erotic, to celebrate the second print issue of Vittles
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January 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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seanedmund.bsky.social
A fun read from @vittles.bsky.social to start the week.
The Curious Case of the Beano Cafes
How a network of Turkish-owned cafes became a Kent institution, by Rosella Dello Ioio
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January 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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crodavit.bsky.social
My latest piece for @vittles.bsky.social

I hope others can relate!

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The Real ‘Life in the UK’ Test
Vitoria Croda examines Britain's obsession with the meal deal.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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jonathandnunn.bsky.social
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!

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The Vittles 99: The Full List
By popular demand.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
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 !

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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.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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wyahaw.bsky.social
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
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morganmpage.bsky.social
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
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
Gift Guide is out!

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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.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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emilyoram.bsky.social
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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.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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jeremymillar.bsky.social
An excellent piece in @vittles.bsky.social by one of our recent @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Writing graduates, Mariam Abdel-Razek.
The Myth of Sisyphus
Mariam Abdel-Razek asks: why are chefs expected to love what they do? Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
Such a good piece up today on @vittles.bsky.social by Mariam Abdel-Razek (and incred illustration by Sing Yun Lee, too)

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The Myth of Sisyphus
Mariam Abdel-Razek asks: why are chefs expected to love what they do? Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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brainchain.ca
This . From @vittles.bsky.social
. Is bloody great.

Adding tongue emojis for emphasis.

👅👅👅👅👅🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

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'You want to imagine what this tastes like? Fuck you, says AI'
Georgina Voss on how AI-generated images impact the way we look at photographs of food. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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gsvoss.bsky.social
For @vittles.bsky.social, I wrote about what happens food photography - a practice steeped in stagecraft - meets the synthetic horrors of AI images. Gorgeous original illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/you-want-t...
'You want to imagine what this tastes like? Fuck you, says AI'
Georgina Voss on how AI-generated images impact the way we look at photographs of food. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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meemalee.bsky.social
Extremely proud to have
contributed to @vittles.bsky.social
'Six of the Best' South South East London Special and cracking up to discover that *two* of our recommendations are on the exact same road.

Out today!

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VITTLES Restaurants Is There Anywhere Good to Eat in Bromley? Where to eat in Penge, Welling, Sidcup and Beckenham by Jonathan Nunn, MiMi Aye, Gary Doherty, Apoorva Sripathi, Toyo Odetunde and Tom Jenkins. VITTLES NOV 14
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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"Beef Wellington is a dish designed to dazzle and comfort at once. It offered the perfect cover for Patterson’s plan, dressing intent to kill in the flaky drapery of a culinary showstopper." —Aaron Timms for @vittles.bsky.social

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Death by Duxelles
How modern food culture played a decisive role in the Erin Patterson trial, by Aaron Timms. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
Hanna Thomas Uose on complex PTSD and finding a way to cook without knives in today's @vittles.bsky.social

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Soft Cooking
On complex PTSD and cooking without knives. Words and photos by Hanna Thomas Uose.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Perfect example of why I recommend @vittles.bsky.social to so many ppl. This kind of roving thoughtful exploration of the edges of a topic-historical/social connections you'd never make yourself-models the kind of piece I love to read (& ideally write) (also feeds my obsession w/Aus food TV MKR4Eva)
Death by Duxelles
How modern food culture played a decisive role in the Erin Patterson trial, by Aaron Timms. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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rashmee.bsky.social
Fascinating @vittles.bsky.social on the murder by Beef Wellington in Oz: “We don’t know whether Patterson is a fan of MasterChef, but all murders reflect culture back to itself." www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/death-by-d...
Death by Duxelles
How modern food culture played a decisive role in the Erin Patterson trial, by Aaron Timms. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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thomeagle.bsky.social
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
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stefgotbooted.bsky.social
Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).
In the past, in my experience, bad customers were mainly either drunk and entitled or else minor celebrities, the kind who have tasted just enough fame to be complete arseholes; Graham Linehan, for example, seemingly made a point of always coming in five minutes after lunch service had started and asking for breakfast while his companions ordered from the lunch menu. “They’d tell him to fuck off at McDonald’s,” we’d mutter, but make him his bacon sandwich anyway. In fact, we would have told him to fuck off too (rather more politely) if he hadn’t been then-beloved sitcom writer Graham Linehan, years before his reinvention as extremely divorced transphobe. We should have realised.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social
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.

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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