In the latest Eat This Newsletter, I share a bad case of pessimism. Or is it realism? But there are also lotus eaters, a history of biryani, and a love letter to Italy’s August traditions.
Here it is for your delectation.
Switch it off and then on again; never gets old. My watch was losing all charge in a day, despite a new battery less than a year ago. So I charged it up, switched it off and on again, and this morning it still had more than 50%, as it should. I have no clue what was wrong, and I don’t care.
Top Albums from last.fm on 09/08/26
1, Ry Cooder, River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder, (18);
2, Cesária Évora, Miss Perfumado, (14);
3, Claude Challe, Buddha‐Bar II, (11);
4, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Paris - Soweto, (8);
5, Zakir Hussain, Making Music, (8);
Location check in 🗺 — Krystall Bar
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Good to read about Peter’s ability to turn an necessary X-ray into a good day’s social exploration.
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Looking forward to an online meet-up at a time that is very convenient for me.
There’s something funny going on with the feed from here, which I pick up and display at the main site that might be related to a post six days ago. It’s the last post displayed there, so I am just going to push it off the stack by posting this before I dig deep into whether the problem is mine.
Latest Eat This Newsletter battles through the heat to bring you cyclospora, doubts about the wisdom of medieval food systems, and the Ur-scapegoat in Iran’s rainmaker.
Top Albums from last.fm on 02/08/26
1, Dr. John, N’Awlinz: Dis, Dat or d’Udda, (18);
2, Bill Frisell, Nashville, (14);
3, Bill Frisell, The Intercontinentals, (14);
4, Various Artists, Doublemoon Remixed, (14);
5, Willie Nelson, Teatro, (14);
Location check in 🗺 — La Torricella