Sitemap - 2024 - Mark Diacono's Abundance

Merry Christmas

Compendium 3: Christmas 2024

A bowler hat, Hello, After Eights and a very fine festive drink

A Food Writing Weekend with Diana Henry and me

Electric shocks, Ridley Scott, the cold, and a Trigger's broom of a tart tatin

Compendium 2: November 2024

Cowgirls, Lucozade, Jack Kerouac and fire cider

Gatherings: the writing process

A Writing Process event: getting your book proposal right

A Writing Process event: with editor Harriet Webster

Walden, a ferry, Bon Iver and Star anise celeriac and apple soup

Making the most of Substack with Sarah Fay

The Writing Process: Matt Inwood, storytelling photographer

Grey skies, Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Sunday night telly and a wonderful autumn mojito

Compendium 1: October 2024

Jays, Angel Delight, Donald Pleasance, and a Chilean guava yoghurt cake

The sea, turnstones, too-tight shoes and the best roasted pears

Mentoring + more

Some Big News

Japanese pepper, Paul Newman, living to 99, and recipes for Shichimi togarashi and Pan Haggerty

Crabby rooks, Steve Martin, Chilean guava and the best baked potatoes

Figs, Professor Yaffle, Cary Grant and a sunny day lunch with a very special dressing

A glossy purple clot, Tom Waits, brown betty crumble and two excellent drinks

Creating your own path: Tom Cox

Tomatoes, happy heartbreak, Bowie and tomato and rosemary soup

Squeaky beans, Deputy Dawg, a straw hat and two knockout summer recipes

Tomato leaves, baked beans, Joel Fleishman and a seriously good tomatoes on toast

Creating Your Own Substack

Late summer fruit, John Martyn, a flat cap and a great Sunday breakfast

Mulberries, cabbage whites, Brian Setzer's quiff and a superb cranachan

A huge lolly, Paul McCartney, sparklers and an outstanding baba ganoush

Ask Me Anything about creating and developing your Substack

Substack Gathering: Sarah Fay

Bonnington Square, Red Duke of York potatoes, Ray Davies and an extraordinary tortilla

Fig leaves, Pat Jennings, a baby's scalp and an excellent ice cream

Honey&Co Supper Club

Chilean guava, Iggy Pop, survivalists and a rainy day summer soup

VEGETABLES: a virtual book launch

Lime blossom, Charles Trenet, John Voight and a summer Tom Collins

Plumcots, Nirvana, lavenders and a very good Eton Mess

Summer, waiting for buses, shakshuka and the great Donald Sutherland

Cherries, walnut leaves, John Coltrane and clafoutis

Football rattles, apricots, Mackenzie Crook and gooseberry and elderflower shrub

VEGETABLES a book playlist

My new book VEGETABLES: a virtual book launch

Globe artichokes, Chuck Berry, saving a few quid and vignorola

Gathering playbacks

Elderflower, a very large sheet of aluminium, Roy Scheider and an excellent martini

Overcoming Self-Doubt and Embracing the Writing Process

From Pitch to Publication: with Rowan Yapp

From Pitch to Publication: with Chris Young

Broad bean leaves, excellent risotto, Ronaldinho and Pepsi

Gorse flowers, a cirl bunting, Rupert Holmes, and a piña colada

Mugolio, cedar cones, Mr Whippy and The Gherkin

The Writing Process: Matt Inwood

Cardoons, woodlice, Caramac and Apios americana

Sunday Times column: Dukkah

Welcome

Elaeagnus, Hawaii, lovage and Robert Duvall

Hot cars, pruning, herb flowers and The Rah Band

Sauce gribiche, a random wind, Johnny Marr and moonlanding wallpaper

Fortnum and Mason Food & Drink Awards: Food Writer shortlisting

Asparagus, sweet cicely, Gareth Hunt burping, and a red mac

Bay flowers, Gene Wilder, 3p and an Airfix aeroplane

Alexanders, ice cream, Sideshow Bob and the Spirit of Eden

Wild garlic, two big toenails, green goddess and Paul Weller

Blackbirds, Gazza, Boulangère and 8217 Lookout Mountain

Excellent cookies, PJ Harvey, Blue Ribands and The Big Match

Numerous willies, Dick Whittington, hazelnut butter and Stevie Nicks

MY NEW BOOK

Richard Rowntree, an unbroken chain, Nigel Slater, 7/8 time, and maybe the best way to eat rhubarb

Forced rhubarb, Elvis Costello, 3 testicles, a Walnut Whip and an excellent cake

Gatherings

Sherlock Holmes, a superb stew, Joni, and the unpleasantness of pigeons

Cardamom poached pears, a 2nd class ticket to Nottingham, and carrying a koala

Seville oranges, allspice, three recipes and the outdated sweeper system

Three cornered leeks, a hoppy ale, a chef called Tim, It's Immaterial

Potatoes, Billy MacKenzie, The Helford River and eggs

Happy New Year