WELCOME TO SMALL WINS
For those who want achievable tips and ideas for improving their cooking, their home + their lives
Small Wins is a newsletter by me, Alexina. I’m a cook, MasterChef finalist and author based in London. Welcome!
This newsletter is all about enhancing your cooking, your home and your life in small, manageable ways.
I’ll let you in on a secret: I wasn’t born an amazing cook — in fact, I was probably the least naturally gifted in my foodie family. But I reached the final of MasterChef through lots of small improvements made over time… and it’s a life lesson that bears repeating: often it’s the small steps that lead to the big wins.
The joy of this newsletter is that you don’t need to go searching for — or experimenting with — those small wins: I’ve done that for you over the last 15 years. Instead, by subscribing to Small Wins, you’ll get them delivered straight to your inbox.
As a free subscriber, every fortnight you will receive:
A small win that will enhance your cooking, your home or your life, such as:
The final word on tomato sauce
How to cut an onion (coming soon)
The best banana bread in the world (next month)
As a paid subscriber, you will become part of the Small Wins+ community, and you will receive the following:
A monthly 101/deep-dive into a particular topic — for example: kitchen organisation, pasta, potatoes (Oct), chicken (Nov), Christmas (Dec). Consider these a set of handy reference guides that you can return to again and again.
Entry into quarterly giveaways of cookbooks, ingredients + kitchen equipment [annual subscribers only]
‘Extra wins’ — restaurant recommendations, travel tips, life hacks (etc.)
Access to the Small Wins+ Chat — a place for, amongst other things, troubleshooting your kitchen conundrums and shaping future Small Wins posts
Knowledge that you are supporting the time and expense that goes into producing the (always) free fortnightly newsletter (thank you!)
Btw, if you choose to join at the founding member tier (which is an annual subscription but one where you pledge a higher value) then you will be entered into a draw to come over to mine for a special dinner party/supper club (taking place June 2025). If you choose to join at this level then a huge thank you for your support.
I can’t wait for you to join the Small Wins community.
Love,
Alexina
If you’re new to Substack and a bit unsure of how it all works, take a look at my post on how to navigate Substack.