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A Berliner Speaks From food blogger to acclaimed author

1 December 2025

A banner from the original The Wednesday Chef showing a picture of some brown baked goods in a baking tin.

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Luisa Weiss
It can be hard to remember the food blogs of yesteryear, when everyone knew everyone and the actual recipes were usually easy to find, unencumbered by endless cruft. Luisa Weiss discovered blogs relatively early, and soon became one of the most-read food bloggers. She was also part of a lively, supportive community, regularly reading and conversing with more than 40 other food bloggers. One thing led to another and she found herself first in cookbook publishing and then with a contract to write her first book, a memoir with food. Two cookbooks followed. We met in Berlin to talk about all that and more.

Notes

  1. Here’s a link to Luisa Weiss’ website.
  2. She also, and this is both impressive and useful, managed to salvage all of the original The Wednesday Chef when it’s original host, Typepad, decided to close everyone down earlier this year.
  3. Here is the transcript.
  4. Banner image liberated from an archive copy of The Wednesday Chef.

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