Jeremy Cherfas

Made a start on the annual tweakage of the automatic watering system for the terrace, but the main enemy remains lack of pressure. It fluctuates through the day so need to try and find the maximum.

The fact that these cult-members were willing to risk their lives, but not endure poor web design, says a lot about the nature of the Trump cult, and its relationship to passive media.

Not going to let the lack of a green chilli stop me making Madhur Jaffrey’s khatte chole, sour chickpeas. pesos

It’s fun to see someone have their world view shot to hell. There are two things going on here. One is that time is a good substitute for energy when it comes to developing gluten. The other is that time develops flavour, even from a teeny amount of leaven.

Cereal friends, would you like to create your own evolutionary populations? /ppAll it takes is time, ingenuity and land. French researchers Emma Flipon and Véronique Chable have made a handy-dandy poster showing how it is done (with links to lots more detail) The poster is at ow.ly/lXhu50F0R… /ppThe work was part of the EU Liveseed project. I’m not part of that, but I think more people should be aware of it. pesos

Excellent read, with lots of far-flung examples.

Burgers! pesos

Pretty good spot for lunch. pesos

Never having had to deal with prescriptions and refilling them in the same way, I thought I had it bad, needing to send a fax to cancel my account with my internet service provider! This reminds me of a movie where the entire plot hinges on a fax that fell behind the machine and so was never seen. Not that I can remember the movie.

There surely has to be a better way.

Currently reading: The Screaming Sky by Charles Foster

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First of the summer pesto. pesos

One of the resultant loaves. 50% wholemeal sourdough. pesos

This morning’s floral surprise. pesos

Currently reading: The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem, ISBN: 9780062938787

Oh for smellivision. Anyway, having baked a big batch of Lemon Rosemary loaves, I now have a couple of zest-free juicy lemons. /ppWhat should I do with them? Tarte aux citron doesn’t use nearly enough. Lemon curd? Something else? pesos

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Bummer! Or maybe not. Hard to say.Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events"Fish oils increase the risk of atrial fibrillation substantially, and there is no solid evidence that they help the heart in any way … It’s a sad story for cardiology."

A lunchtime outing, with wonderful friends. Scafata, Trippa, coratella. And then stracchetti. pesos