Jeremy Cherfas

Just put the finishing touches to tomorrow’s Eat This Newsletter. There’s a common theme to the stories; how forces way beyond a person’s control influence what and how they eat.

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Little did I know when I booked a cycling holiday in the Po Valley that I would be staying at the heart of Italy’s first supply chain for certified organic quinoa grown in Italy.

Serendipity at its finest.

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Many countries have strict rules about who is allowed to give advice on diet and nutrition. That doesn’t stop even qualified people from selling all kinds of snake oil.

Tara Schmidt, lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet, told me about her work.

Listen at eatthispodcast.com/dietitian

Rebecca Solnit’s article is yet another reason to support independent journalism unfettered by craven “news” corporations.

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Eggflation excuses, the sad saga of the British sliced loaf, what to grow in a nuclear winter, hot dance food science PhD, and a sober accounting of the US’s food-related losses.

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• On foot* 41.8814, 12.4388* 16 May 2025* 427.73 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapAnother one a nice walk away in the other part of the local park. Had to walk through some lovely long grass to get there.

Top Album Artists from last.fm for week ending 15 May

1 Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos 13 2 The Be Good Tanyas 12 3 M83 11 4 James Blackshaw 9 5 The Dave Brubeck Quartet 7

• On foot* 41.884599, 12.448835* 5 May 2025* 427.68 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapIt’s been a while, in more ways than one. Here’s a quest from 10 days ago.

As I was saying, Chris Smaje is always worth reading.

“It’s hardly original to observe that, in the Greek, apocalypse means a revelation or uncovering. … we need to embrace what apocalypse is revealing to us, while for sure trying to mitigate the miseries it inevitably entails.”

@withknown is being exceedingly dumb today, refusing to accept a bookmark that happens to contain greek letters. So let’s try here.

chrissmaje.com/2025/05/f…ἀποκάλυψις/

Top artists last week.

1. Billie Holiday 16
2. John Hiatt 11
3. Pat Metheny 11
4. Warren Zevon 11
5. Madredeus 10

Direct from Polignano a Mare, Flavia Giordano’s love letter to Puglia’s unique foods and ingredients, including some remarkable biodiversity. Melons eaten unripe, colourful carrots, and sporchia, a broomrape parasitic on broad beans.https://eatthispodcast.com/puglia

Maybe: Hoping to have time.

Top Album Artists last week

1. Willie Nelson 14
2. Cowboy Junkies 12
3. Levon Helm 12
4. Oscar Peterson 11
5. John Coltrane 7