Vittles Issue 3 (Summer 2026): The Influencers Issue

Vittles is a London-based magazine of food and culture that began as an online newsletter during the pandemic and has since grown into a substantial print project. From the start, it has been more interested in scrutiny than reverence. It uses food as a way to examine power, class, taste, commerce, and the stories people tell about what and how they eat.

The perspective of this issue is expressed through its cover image, which features a gravestone inscribed:

In affectionate remembrance of

FOOD WRITING

Born 1825

Died 2026

Deeply lamented by a

dwindling circle of

friends and well-wishers

Those grim tidings may not lead you to expect an opening eulogy which begins by invoking Boogie Nights, the recreation of a pivotal moment in the pornography industry. But Vittles has previously exceeded expectations by ignoring them, and in its confrontation of food influencers whose work it calls "chaotic, tasteless, infuriating, diabolical, unpoliced, and, sometimes, brilliant" it seeks to identify who has the power to change food culture.

Includes "Thirty Restaurants that Changed Everything: The most influential British restaurants of the the last seventy-five years—for better, or for worse." 

Contributors include Helen Cho, Elio Ferrario, Calum Jacobs, Rebecca May Johnson, Jonathan Nunn, Sithara Ranasinghe, Nigel Slater, Ozoz Sokoh, and a range of other writers from around the world.

Paperback. Color photographs, drawings, maps, and graphs.