Introducing CWB 'Featured Five' stacks & the Stackroll

Each month we'll spotlight 5 Substacks we're loving. You can always find our full list of recommendations on our new CWB Stackroll.

Happy Monday, curious cook!

Just wanted to alert you to a new feature here at Cooks Without Borders.

Have you noticed — when you view a Substack’s homepage on a desktop — that you’re shown the “RECOMMENDED” Substacks from that writer?

From now on, instead of continuously recommending a whole slew of Substacks, I’m going to feature five at a time — and keep that group featured for about a month. The next month I’ll feature five different ones. Sometimes they’ll all be food-related; other months I’ll mix it up.

Forgive me if this is too inside baseball! But following the recommendations of a writer you enjoy is a great way to discover other Substacks you might love.

I’ll send a post each month introducing the Featured Five, and tell you why they matter.

Once those Substacks rotate off the featured five, they’ll find a home on a newly created longer list: The CWB Stackroll. You can always find it linked at the top of the CWB homepage. The Stackroll is a work in progress; I’ll definitely be …