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Rebecca May Johnson

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How to Find Yourself in The Supermarket | AnOther

Text Rebecca May Johnson Illustration Matt Blease Photographic Editor Holly Hay   Few things make the boundaries of everyday life more acutely felt … More

culture, eating, food, semiotics, supermarket, writing

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

Outliers at McDonalds

How can I satisfy my appetite and need for pleasure without eating too much or spending more than £5 and feeling … More

body, economy, fast food, food, london, mcdonalds, women, writing

I love hot chocolate

I love hot chocolate. Not too sweet, and by that I don’t mean dark hot chocolate, I don’t like it … More

childhood, drinks, hot chocolate, sausage, scotch eggs, writing

A varied list of Sicily

“The people are good here”, said the owner of the B&B, driving us for free and at her own insistence … More

breadcrumbs, bucatini, cassatine, chicory, chips, cooking, cremolata, food, granita, grapes, homer, langoustines, markets, Mary Taylor Simeti, modica, noto, nutella, Odyssey, olives, oranges, ortigia, pasta, ragusa, recipes, sardines, sicilian, sicily, tuna, 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

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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