Welcome to The Move
Heyo!
I’m Danny Palumbo. I’m a food writer and cook based in Detroit, but I used to live in Los Angeles. I’ve written for the L.A. Times, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Bon Appétit, Los Angeles Magazine, Thrillist, The Takeout, The Kitchn, Sporked, and Eater—a wide variety of stuff like restaurant reviews, stories, rankings, recipes, cooking tips, and random cultural pieces (see: Garth’s Breakfast Bowl). I’m not super high brow or anything; I write about eating in my god damn truck and also hot dogs & wine. I also sell handmade pasta from time to time.
Anyway, it all led me to this: A food recommendation newsletter called The Move.
Why is It Called The Move?
“The move” is a turn of phrase I use quite often. “What’s the move at Tsbuaki?” I would ask a fellow writer who has been there before, or I might text “Get the eggplant parm. That’s the move,” to a friend going to Ggiata. The move is what you should order if you’re going to a restaurant for the first time, but it’s also a confident and can’t fail recommendation that extends to all areas of life: What to cook, how to eat, where to go, what to do, and who to see.
The move is dipping your pizza in Ranch, eating lamb neck inside of an arcade, bringing deli-style pasta salad and toum to the big barbecue this Summer, eating tavern-style pizza on the trunk of your car, and ordering this Italian sandwich instead of the one everyone else tells you to get.
Usually, divulging the move comes in the form of a text message, of which I send many. Maybe that’s what this column is—a protracted text message to a dear friend (you, the reader).
What Exactly Are You Going To Be Writing About, Palumbo?
Mostly restaurants, delis, bars, corner stores, and grocers that sell dope food in Detroit and beyond. The newsletter drops on Mondays and Thursdays.
Also, I’m using my own money here. No company credit card. If I say I like or hate something, well, it’s being informed by how much it set me back financially.
Oh, And Just One More Thing
Subscribe! If you want to pay $5 a month, that would be rad! Just about every post is free, but if you want the whole back catalogue (dozens of more posts) those become locked after two months.
