Jeremy Cherfas

Top Albums from last.fm on 01/03/26 1, Bill Frisell, Nashville, (14); 2, Bill Frisell, Good Dog, Happy Man, (12); 3, Schubert; Daniel Barenboim, Impromptus, (8); 4, Django Reinhardt Stéphane Grappelli with The Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Souvenirs, (2); 5, Various Artists, Cardinals At The Window, (2);

No way home.

Lying here somewhat stunned by Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know. Such a perfect novel, so finely constructed, and in the end so deeply satisfying. A glorious read.

One reason I love RSS is that the cost of keeping a feed in a reader is essentially zero. So when someone pops up after a gap of – checks notes – 5 years, 10 months, 8 days I know about it and can respond appropriately.

Happy Blog Birthday, Rebsie, and welcome back.

Some people will tell you the food system is broken. Not so, say Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg. Their new book is subtitled Why Industrial Food Is Good and How To Make It Even Better.We had a long and interesting chat, everything from cellular agriculture to labour in the food industry.https://eatthispodcast.com/ftp

Very impressive.

Top Albums from last.fm on 22/02/26 1, Spiro, Lightbox, (17); 2, Charlie Haden Pat Metheny, Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories), (13); 3, Ludovico Einaudi, Divenire, (12); 4, Pat Metheny w/ Christian McBride Antonio Sánchez, Day Trip, (11); 5, Kabza De Small, Ziwangale, (10);

Apologies for Top Albums spam; gonna wait and hope for the automated version to roll around.

New issue of Eat This Newsletter.

• Botanists in the newsletter
• Diversity in the field
• Milk in the cupboard
• Georgia in the news
• Olives in the ground
• Rice in the bank

Read (and subscribe?) at buttondown.com/jeremyche…