A few popular posts you might have missed

Or just forgotten about ...

Unless you’ve been with me since Day 1 of my Substack and assiduously reading every post there’s a fair chance you won’t have read something I wrote 12 months or even 2 years ago - or forgotten it if you did so - I thought I’d remind you of some of my more popular posts.

Actually sometimes I’ve forgotten I’ve written them too and it comes as a nice surprise to read them again, especially if they provoked a lively discussion.

Oddly Substack doesn’t always pin the most popular posts on the home page. I queried why my post on your most treasured - and battered -cookbooks didn’t appear on the list and it’s apparently because they prioritise paid-for posts like the Friday 5. Anyway do read it if you haven’t and tell me about yours.

Here are six others you might enjoy:

Which food is too much of a faff to make yourself.
Top of my list was croissants. What’s yours?

How to drink less - 10 tactics to help you cut down
If it’s a question of cutting down rather than cutting out here’s how to moderate your drinking. (I’ll be returning to the subject given how many new alcohol-free products there are on the market)

Should you lend or borrow books?
Tricky one. Good advice from your fellow subscribers

Are vegans ruining restaurants for vegetarians?
Surprisingly it’s the vegetarians who appear to mind most

The simple reason you (and I) can’t keep the weight off
The 5 things I do to keep my weight (reasonably) under control 

And what I’ve learned from two years on Substack
A few tips for those of you who have just started one

As you may - or may not - know Substack is a platform that enables readers to pay writers directly which has become increasingly important given the low rates that many journalists and authors can now command

If you’d like to support my writing you could do two things: 

One is to give posts you enjoy a ‘like’ which helps to get my Substack a bigger audience. 

And the other is to take out a monthly or annual subscription. For this you get access to my weekly wine, recipe and restaurant recommendations and my monthly online wine tastings and become eligible for my monthly cookbook giveaways.

It’s not a great deal for whole load of useful and moneysaving info, tips and advice - just £5 ($6.55/€5.93) a month or £42 ($55/€49.84) a year which works out at £3.50 ($4.58/€4.15) a month or 80p - just over a dollar or less than a euro - a week. The wine recs alone could save you that.

Plus you can comment and chat about all the posts not just the free ones. There are some lovely people on here to hang out with.

Come and join us!