Welcome to Let’s Get Lost

Hello! I’m Rebecca Blackwell, a recipe developer, writer, and food photographer. While I have cooked professionally, mostly I am a home cook and baker who writes for other home cooks and bakers. Also, my husband and I are full time travelers who live in a 5th wheel RV so I often write about life on the road.

Our home on wheels! If you look closely, you’ll see me on the back deck. This photo was taken in December, 2020 in Lyons, Colorado.

So what is this newsletter about?

I have been cooking and baking professionally and just for the sheer pleasure of it for nearly 30 years, and writing and publishing recipes since 2013, so this newsletter includes recipes, of course.

But unlike my two recipe websites (ofbatteranddough.com and alittleandalot.com), this newsletter allows me to write and share what I want directly with everyone who want to read it. It’s a much more intimate exchange with no middleman and the only rules are the ones we make up as we go along. Also, no ads. 👏

The recipes in this newsletter are exclusive to the newsletter and not published on either of my websites.

In addition to writing about food, I also write about the people and places we meet on the road. My husband and I have two incredible 20-something daughters and lost our son, our oldest, to suicide in 2020. So, I occasionally write about loss and grief, and the complicated landscape of being a family when one of you is missing. These are the things I know the most about.

Most issues includes:

stories from the road
several new recipes that you won’t find on either of my recipe websites
useful (I hope!) tips and tricks
recommendations for cookbooks, books, podcasts, and other things that I hope will be of interest to you

What will I get as a free subscriber?

As a free subscriber, you’ll receive 2 newsletters a month (24 issues a year) mostly sent out in the first two weeks of every month.

What else would I get if I paid to subscribe?

Paid subscribers receive three newsletter a month (36 issues a year), plus special bonus content a few times a year that’s only for paid subscribers, and access to the entire archive of issues and recipes. Subscribe for $5 a month or $50 a year.

Or, if you want to support my work more fully, you can be a founding member for $100 a month (or any amount over that: thank you!). Founding members receive exclusive content throughout the year.

Some housekeeping …. Or, RV keeping?

Once you subscribe (free or paid), you’ll start receiving the Let’s Get Lost newsletter in your email inbox on Saturday mornings. Please mark rebeccalynblackwell@substack.com as non-spam. If you can’t find the newsletter in your in-box or spam folder, check your promotions tab.

If you have questions or suggestions for this newsletter, send an email to: rebecca@rebeccablackwell.com.

Thanks again and if you like this newsletter, please tell your friends!

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My cozy 7x4 foot kitchen! Question about my kitchen that I get asked the most: *Is that a giant coffee pot by your sink?* Nope. It’s a water filter. 🙂

Our 5th wheel RV in several of our favorite campgrounds. — A few of our favorite places.

Where to start?

Issue #1, The Cave holds the title for the most read issue so far and will give you an idea of what to expect from this newsletter. Also, the creamy chicken and potato soup recipe in that issue comes with rave reviews.
If you’re a baker, check out this recipe for quick and easy stuffed flatbread and healthy-ish cookies in Issue #2 , these double chocolate rye muffins in issue #5, these peaches and cream danishes in Issue #17, and this amaretto soaked cardamom pound cake in Issue #13.
If quick and easy meals is more your style, Arugula pesto and quick Spanish shrimp will become your new best friends.
And if you decide to become a paid subscriber, this issue contains 11 recipes that were inspired by a recent trip to Costa Rica. Also, this Citrus Drizzle cake is possibly my favorite cake ever and if you know me you know that’s a bold statement. And, if you’re a cherry lover, the two recipes in this bonus issue are going to be right up your alley.

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Rebecca Blackwell

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I’m Rebecca Blackwell, a recipe developer, writer, and food photographer. My husband and I are full-time travelers who live in a 5th wheel RV so in addition to writing recipes, I often write about life on the road.