A spryly reported newsletter covering the cookbook publishing industry and featuring recipe excerpts, interviews, and news for cookbook lovers. 

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I love cookbooks. And what’s more, I know cookbooks: I’ve been a professional cookbook critic for over ten years, and my reviews have appeared on Eater, Epicurious, Lucky Peach, and Food 52.

Stained Page News is where I share news, recipes, exciting upcoming books, details on new releases, my personal recommendations, and random cookbook-related content that I think is funny. I also feature deeper dives into obscure sub-genres, long-forgotten titles, and interviews with some of the brightest minds in the cookbook world. SPN has been featured in the New York Times and on NPR, and was named one of the 80 best single-operator newsletters on the internet by Inside Hook.

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Kitchen Arts & Letters @kalnyc

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Paula Forbes @paulaforbes

anyway buy cookbooks, they’re great, the end.

5:07 PM ∙ Mar 1, 2021

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