Scribehound, a new place for food writing

I’m so thrilled to share that I’ve been asked to join the collective of thirty of the most incredible food writers for a new platform called Scribehound. It’s a place where we can share things we are excited about with people who really love food and words. The comments section is where it is all going to be at, you can contribute to the discussion too, together with all of us.

We like to say it’s going to be like “the internet’s kitchen table!”

How does it work?

How it works is we will each write one article a month, giving subscribers access to a piece of food writing every single day. There are 6 occasions when there are 31 days in the month and those are open to upcoming new voices to be a community writer (is that you? If so, you can submit here). We also record our own articles so if you prefer to listen in, like a mini-podcast (10 minutes-ish), while you’re preparing breakfast or dinner or in the car, there is always that option too!

Who will you be reading?

At the helm are ex-Delicious UK editor Karen Barnes and Mark Diacono. You’ll find Diana Henry, Fuchsia Dunlop, Olia Hercules, Anissa Helou, Georgina Hayden, Skye McAlpine, Regula Ysewijn, Claire Finney, Bee Wilson, Gurdeep Loyal, Noor Murad, Angela Hartnett, Ravinder Bhogal, Yemisi Aribisala, Itamar Srulovich, Marie Mitchell, Tim Hayward, George Egg, Niki Segnit, Helen Graves, Rachel McCormack, Liz Knight, Valentine Warner and James Morton.

What will you be reading about?

It will be less about sharing recipes. This is really for food writing. As you’ll see from the list above, there is such a huge variety of writers, backgrounds and topics that they specialise in/are obsessed with, so you are going to hear about food from so many different perspectives, everything from foraging for weeds, the secrets of sourdough, seasonal eating, Cypriot home cooking, historical recipes, food as resilience, Ukrainian traditions, the multitude of textures of Chinese cuisine, restaurants and how food, culture and politics intersect — and so much more. The beauty of this collective is that we aren’t overly edited and we can freely choose whatever we want to write about.

Me? I will be writing about living and eating in Tuscany, eating artichokes right out of the field, food in history, finding my connection with my heritage in Japan, truffle hunting during a time of climate change, feeding my children and trying to help them have a wonderful relationship with food.

It launches April 1, 2025!

There is a special, pre-launch deal where you can try us out for £1 for the first month (and you can cancel anytime; note, I will make a small commission if you sign up thanks to me but it won’t affect you in any way).

My first article is a story about a young Florentine merchant who travels to Japan in 1597. He’s the first person to write about miso making and what the Japanese cultivate, how they revere tea and how they make and serve sake. We don’t hear about these things for another 300 years. I loved that this story is a blend of the two places that have the greatest influence on me, food-wise.

If you want to take a look, find out more here.

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