Wil Reidie

I've made an ebook featuring my most popular Nordic bun and pastry recipes from 3 years of writing recoveringlinecook.com. I'll soon be giving it free to paid subscribers as a thank you for helping me afford to spend slightly fewer Saturday nights away from my family in restaurant kitchens.

A white bowl filled with a stew of white beans, wilted spinach, chopped chives and dill. On top is a British style dumpling oozing with melted cheese.

A bean “stew” with loads of dill and chives, topped with a light as air British dumpling filled with smoked cheese. It's pretty much a taste of Finnish midsummer in the dark of winter.

I'll share the recipe on my newsletter during the festive season. Subscribe here: www.recoveringlinecook.com

How to Fail at Being Finnish: A Diary #4 A visit to the legalised vampires

My report on an attempted visit to the legalised vampires of south-west Finland. open.substack.com/pub/recoveri...

I do not post a lot because I have zero posting energy but I do have a dope newsletter with very cool member benefits :) and I write books and teach :) it’s all here!!! www.aliciakennedy.news

How to Fail at Being Finnish: A Diary #3 Isi ❤️ Samuel

This week I made the mistake of thinking my son loved me enough to write a book about me.

For that and other embarrassments, read my diary…

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How to Fail at Being Finnish: A Diary #3 Isi ❤️ Samuel

This week I’m thinking about leggings, being taught Finnish by my 6 year old, and “standing dicks”. www.recoveringlinecook.com/p/how-to-fai...

How to Fail at Being Finnish: Diary #2 The bearded man

My latest "How to Fail at Being Finnish" diary entry is live. This week I'm thinking about beards, being jealous of my daughter, and whether bears really do shit in the woods. open.substack.com/pub/recoveri...

How to Fail at Being Finnish: Diary #1 Back to school

I've started publishing a diary on my little newsletter. This first entry details my return to language school, my fear of local teens, and why important things aren't easy. Hope you enjoy.
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Things To Do With Vegetables When You're... ... afraid of kale and massages.

Do you like kale? This is for you. If you don't like kale, it's probably for you as well. open.substack.com/pub/recoveri...

Notes on fishing with a traditional Finnish fish trap. www.recoveringlinecook.com/p/how-to-dre...

Bob Dylan in Helsinki A Wil Reidie Review

I went to watch Bob Dylan in Helsinki last week and this is my write-up. www.recoveringlinecook.com/p/bob-dylan-...

A Wil Reidie Self-Help Guide (by way of 4 Finnish Phrases) Featuring Beckett, Heidegger and other things that make for a very popular newsletter

"Onni ei tule etsien, vaan eläen" is a Finnish proverb that translates as "happiness doesn't come from searching, it comes from living". I talk about it and 3 other wonderful Finnish proverbs in this week's edition of the newsletter.

I remember reading this in Best American Food Writing. It's a beautiful piece.

A Wil Reidie Self-Help Guide (by way of 4 Finnish Phrases) Featuring Beckett, Heidegger and other things that make for a very popular newsletter

Meanwhile, my newsletter today is about Beckett, Heidegger, and Finnish idioms. I'm writing for a huge niche here. open.substack.com/pub/recoveri...

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. I've had 3 in the past 24 hours alone.

Finnish dallaspulla. In American terms, kind of a cross between a cinnamon roll and a cheese danish . The extra sugar on the right isn't traditional, but it's replacing some that I forgot to include at the rolling stage (and it fact it was unnecessary). [On-line class by @wilreidie.bsky.social ]

Looking damn good, sir.

A Serious Case of Swedish Buns And a few words about something called Fika...

Can you believe it's that day again? Yes it's Finno-Swedish National Cinnamon Bun Day. To mark the occasion, not only am I taking my treasured cinnamon bun recipe from behind paywall, but I also added a short video to it demo-ing my shaping methods. Enjoy.

The Finnish bun I pick over cinnamon rolls My new recipe

I want to introduce more people to the joys of a Finnish bun called Dallaspulla. It's like a cheesecake in bun form and totally delicious. I've worked hard to make my recipe perfect and I really hope some of you try it out.

Things To Do With Vegetables When You're... ... in need of comfort in autumn.

My monthly veg series hits autumn and it shows off a dish I really love. Featuring:

Salt baking big veg

Panko breadcrumb turned up to 11 with dried mushrooms

One of my very favourite potato sides

This is my kind of simple food.

Also, a few of my readers have booked classes as gifts for kids/teens since I launched them this summer and they have been some of my favourite classes so far. If you want to give a keen young cook a really unique gift then I'd love to help out!

Earlier this year I started offering my readers 1 to 1 online cooking classes, and judging by the feedback from students it may be one of the best things I've ever decided to do. If you're keen on learning something new in the kitchen, I'd love to hear from you. All details here...

Pippi Långstrump and Stockholm Consolation Notes on a trip to Stockholm and my former home

I went to my old restaurant in Stockholm for the first time in 5 years and this is how I felt. open.substack.com/pub/recoveri...

Vibes: youtu.be/bJLMsHjCAsA?...

Wil Reidie Essays, food writing and more from Wil Reidie

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Things To Do With Vegetables When You’re… … not ready for summer to end.

This is the kind of veg heavy dish I would make for staff food in my full time restaurant cooking days. Now I'm more likely to be feeding it to my wife and kids. Vegetarian and delicious. Hope you like it. www.recoveringlinecook.com/p/things-to-...

If you want to spend a few hours online with me, 1-to-1, and benefit from my decade of cooking in restaurant kitchens, click below to find out more. www.recoveringlinecook.com/p/1-on-1-wit...

Things To Do With Vegetables When You’re… … not ready for summer to end.

My latest and free to read: a lovely recipe for courgette, blue cheese and caramelised onion pasta gratin. www.recoveringlinecook.com/p/things-to-...

Rylan makes a deeply profound observation that idiots landing at Heathrow having forgotten their passport back at the holiday hotel are indeed treated differently to asylum seekers.