Illuminate Food
Danielle SchwabThis is a newsletter about food and the planet, including how cooking is a radical solution to climate change. I share essays, news, and approachable and flexible plant-based recipes.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 132 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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My 2025 Circle of Influence
2025 will always be the year when things started to fall into place, and it all kind of made sense.
I was with my husband’s niece over the holidays, and she told me about the 2020 Taylor Swift song "Invisible String" as we talked about two...
Beans, the Food System… and Something New?
Every time I return to this newsletter, I remember why I do it: to write honestly about the food system, share bean recipes, and connect with people who care about the food they eat and where it comes from.
But over the past year, somethi...
I Went Viral Talking About Beans 🫘
It’s been two months since I last wrote, taking a break to focus on my jobs and get through the film festival in October.
I have always been torn between writing long-form content for Subtack and creating social media content. I had been...
5 Easy Ways to Eat More Beans
Recipes that will make you love beans 💖
Sweet & Spicy Broccoli Salad with Sesame Almond Crunch 🥦
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A mug my mom got me to celebrate my many jobs
I started this newsletter in March 2023. Right as my farm box business was winding down, I was looking for an outlet to keep talking about food systems and share the beauty and the importance o...
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Writing about food, agriculture, and climate change. Cooking every grain, bean, pulse and vegetable I can find and sharing recipes and ideas for plant forward eating.
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