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Rebecca May Johnson

Rebecca May Johnson

Writer, Cook, Events, Journalist

  • About Me
    • Food Memory Bank Project
    • Dinner Document
  • Selected Fashion and Food Articles
  • Food Writing
  • Prose, Talks, Poetry
    • Performance

Category: prose

Crunching delicately – The TLS

I wrote a piece about two of my favourite writers, Patience Gray and MFK Fisher, for The Times Literary Supplement. … More

A List of Oranges, prompted by Deborah Levy’s, ‘Things I Don’t Want to Know’

The season of oranges is beginning. Thinking about oranges began in Sicily in September, detailed in A Varied List of Sicily, … More

berlin, deborah levy, food, oranges, winter, writing

Sitting on a bench as a research method

I went to a talk by Claudia Roden two weeks ago, a food writer I have admired for some time, … More

adorno, brexit, britain, claudia roden, essay, eu, food, horkheimer, philosophy, poor, referendum, voices, women, words, working class, writing

Poison

Last night when I was working at a bar, a woman asked for an unusual drink.* It triggered a memory. … More

bar, bitters, cooking, drink, non fiction, poison, recipe, spells, story, sugar

Overheard and seen in Woodbridge Library, Oct 2013-February 2014

Overheard and Seen in Woodbridge Library, Oct 2013 -Feb 2014

libraries, savethelibraries, suffolk

Cooking with the Kids of Sceaux Gardens Estate, Summer 2015

In the summer, the kids on our estate played outside every night until late. There are no water fountains around … More

camberwell, children, cities, cooking, council housing, food, kids, london, play, recipes, social housing, southwark, urban

MilchReise/MilkTrip: Translations of Food

At the ‘Translation as Firework‘ event curated by Jen Calleja at the Austrian Cultural Forum, I gave an audience of people two dishes to … More

art, austrian cultural forum, food, performance, poetry

Milk Trip ≠ Milchreise | Radical Translation

An account of my performance and ‘translation’ of Anna Weidenholzer’s story into a recipe from the Translation As Firework exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum 13/10/15 – 21/10/15

anna weidenholzer, art, austrian, camberwell, cooking, food, german, Lidl, london, Peckham, performance, rebecca may johnson, recipe, shopping, translation, turkish, Turkish Food Centre

Eat Words: I met MFK Fisher on OKCupid

‘Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.’

cooking, dating, eggs, food, love, mfk fisher, okcupid, recipes

Ode to the Artichoke

Recipes, a brief tribute to Patience Gray, a poem from Pablo Neruda, and a steamy artichoke poem by me…

artichokes, cooking, honey from a weed, pablo neruda, patience gray, poem, rebecca may johnson, recipe, vegetarian

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Hello!

My name is Rebecca and this is my website. I am a writer, journalist, academic and cook based in London.

There's a range of my work and projects on here.

Contact me here:
johnson.rebeccamay@gmail.com

Recent Posts

  • Crunching delicately – The TLS
  • How to Find Yourself in The Supermarket | AnOther
  • A List of Oranges, prompted by Deborah Levy’s, ‘Things I Don’t Want to Know’
  • I Love Hard Herbs
  • Outliers at McDonalds

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  • Dinner Document

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Come to this! Ya girl is MC-ing this day of Newcastle Poetry Festival - swipe left for the stellar lineup of panels discussing creative practice, exile, migration, international promotion of translation and of course, readings - I co-curated with wonderful @poetrybooksociety and @ncla_instagram #Newcastle #books #poetry #translation #crossings #NPFX18
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