Jeremy Cherfas

The clever distinctions Craig makes between “walk” and “hike” are subtle and important.

Here we go again, with New York City set to ban foie gras. newfoodeconomy.org/new-york-…

Nothing has changed that I can see, since I spoke to Michaela DeSoucey a few years ago. www.eatthispodcast.com/foie-gras…

If you want to understand webmentions in WordPress, might this be a good starting point for you? boffosocko.com/2017/12/1…

Uh-oh. Keyboard envy …

Maybe it’s just me, @kewgardens, but I would have expected an article about interesting lettuces with lots of photos to at least tell me the names of the varieties pictured. www.kew.org/read-and-…

Henrik Carlsson took the trouble to record a microcast in reply to my Eating Alone episode and raised a completely new reason for wanting to eat alone: because cooking for and eating with picky children can be a bit of a trial. Good luck with future meals.

@mapkyca Amen to that, and thanks so much for your invaluable help with all things WithKnown.

Just published the latest Eat This Newsletter at www.eatthispodcast.com/eat-this-… and need to test this new Twitter plugin too.

So here goes.

Just upgraded my WithKnown site to the latest master. Slightly hair raising, but excellent help from @mapkyca got me over the hurdles. Only downside, currently, seems to be the plugin that syndicates to Twitter.

I’m being hit by a wave of spam to sign-up forms, rather than comments, and I cannot fathom what’s in it for the spammers. No clue.

Far too reasonable to be taken seriously.

I like the idea of a “tryout” tag for new websites that seem interesting enough to subscribe to, so I am promptly starting to do just that.