I’m always game for planning a get-together, so I recently volunteered to head up my high school reunion committee (which means it’s been 30 years since I served as prom co-chair.)
On a Zoom call last week with the school administrators officially in charge of the function, we talked about the stresses of final exams. I’d forgotten about blue books, late-night study sessions at teachers’ houses, and the hours spent transcribing algebraic formulas in microscopic print on the 3×5 index cards that test proctors allowed us.
But I’ve kept up the habit of reviewing material in December. And today, I’m turning in my work.
Below, please find The Food Section’s first annual report. I hope you enjoy the retrospective of this newsletter’s achievements in 2023.
As the report says, The Food Section’s accomplishments were made possible by subscriber dollars. If you haven’t yet purchased a paid subscription, please read up, and consider if there’s anything worthy of your financial support. We’d love to add you to the subscriber count in our 2024 annual report.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you for riding along!
Well done, Miss Hanna. Kudos for the NYTimes shoutout. Thanks for keeping us up to date on all things food in the south! Happy Holidays.
Thank you!
Hey Hanna. I love, love, love the food section. In fact you are the only substack I pay for but with substack’s embrace of hatred on the platform I’m considering not giving them any more of money. Are you considering any alternatives or will you stick it out here?
Thanks, Kevin. I would ask you to have patience with publishers, many of whom were troubled by the platform’s politics before the spotlight was turned on them this week. Getting off Substack is nothing like getting off Twitter: A successful migration takes several months, at best—and for solopreneurs wholly reliant on newsletter income, there is no other option.
This is stunning, incredible, fabulous. What a pleasure to read about allllll the accomplishments this year for a pub I love <3
Thank you!!
Go Hanna!!
Congratulations on a successful 2023! Kudos to you for letting the sun shine on the TFS innerworkings. Glad to support such a worthy endeavor!
So thankful that journalism is still alive! The Food Section is an absolute treasure and I’m proud to be a paid subscriber.
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This is so great. Thank you for putting together the annual report – super illuminating!. Keep up the amazing work.
Thank you, Melissa! Happy New Year!