Lee Tran Lam
@leetranlam.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry podcast, New Voices On Food book editor, Should You Really Eat That podcast, Diversity In Food Media Australia and more. Yes, there once was a sandwich named after me!
Taylor Swift releasing (needing?) 30+ variants of her new album in 1 WEEK to knock off Adele’s sales record feels cynical. Should a billionaire really squeeze her fans this way? @defector.com on how ‘good art doesn’t come from greed’ is the BEST piece I’ve seen on TLOAS
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October 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Taylor Swift releasing (needing?) 30+ variants of her new album in 1 WEEK to knock off Adele’s sales record feels cynical. Should a billionaire really squeeze her fans this way? @defector.com on how ‘good art doesn’t come from greed’ is the BEST piece I’ve seen on TLOAS
defector.com/taylor-swift...
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It was also great to chat to @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social and barista/cafe owner Rowena Chansiri for this @australia.theguardian.com story about “coffee names”.
Even famous people get their name misinterpreted (@wolfblitzercnn.bsky.social had a Starbucks order delivered to “Oof”)!
Even famous people get their name misinterpreted (@wolfblitzercnn.bsky.social had a Starbucks order delivered to “Oof”)!
October 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It was also great to chat to @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social and barista/cafe owner Rowena Chansiri for this @australia.theguardian.com story about “coffee names”.
Even famous people get their name misinterpreted (@wolfblitzercnn.bsky.social had a Starbucks order delivered to “Oof”)!
Even famous people get their name misinterpreted (@wolfblitzercnn.bsky.social had a Starbucks order delivered to “Oof”)!
I first came across the concept of having a “coffee name” when I heard Samin Nosrat say in an interview that her “coffee name” was Sam.
She had mixed feelings about it - and so do I! But I totally understand why people use one, as the intro to my @australia.theguardian.com story explains.
She had mixed feelings about it - and so do I! But I totally understand why people use one, as the intro to my @australia.theguardian.com story explains.
October 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I first came across the concept of having a “coffee name” when I heard Samin Nosrat say in an interview that her “coffee name” was Sam.
She had mixed feelings about it - and so do I! But I totally understand why people use one, as the intro to my @australia.theguardian.com story explains.
She had mixed feelings about it - and so do I! But I totally understand why people use one, as the intro to my @australia.theguardian.com story explains.
Migrants have been feeding Australia for a long time, esp. with people from China and Italy setting up market gardens (see this historical note, which mentions how Chinese market gardens produced affordable fruit & veg after a severe drought in 1892, www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/w...)
September 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Migrants have been feeding Australia for a long time, esp. with people from China and Italy setting up market gardens (see this historical note, which mentions how Chinese market gardens produced affordable fruit & veg after a severe drought in 1892, www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/w...)
I wonder how many protesters at the recent anti-immigration rallies knew that the colony was saved by Indian food?
This is from a story I wrote for Gourmet Traveller in 2022. Even from the earliest days of settlement, Australian food wasn’t as bland or monocultural as you’d first think.
This is from a story I wrote for Gourmet Traveller in 2022. Even from the earliest days of settlement, Australian food wasn’t as bland or monocultural as you’d first think.
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I wonder how many protesters at the recent anti-immigration rallies knew that the colony was saved by Indian food?
This is from a story I wrote for Gourmet Traveller in 2022. Even from the earliest days of settlement, Australian food wasn’t as bland or monocultural as you’d first think.
This is from a story I wrote for Gourmet Traveller in 2022. Even from the earliest days of settlement, Australian food wasn’t as bland or monocultural as you’d first think.
OMG. Matt Berry did the “succulent Chinese meal” line on the latest “What We Do In The Shadows” episode! Give him the Order of Australia right now!
November 26, 2024 at 11:13 AM
OMG. Matt Berry did the “succulent Chinese meal” line on the latest “What We Do In The Shadows” episode! Give him the Order of Australia right now!
Every time I walk past Petersham Reservoir, I think of Royal Headache's 'High' album cover and @chrisrichards.bsky.social's electrifying @washingtonpost.com review from July 2017: "On Friday night, Royal Headache was the greatest band in the world." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
May 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Every time I walk past Petersham Reservoir, I think of Royal Headache's 'High' album cover and @chrisrichards.bsky.social's electrifying @washingtonpost.com review from July 2017: "On Friday night, Royal Headache was the greatest band in the world." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...