Jeremy Cherfas

Top Albums from last.fm on 08/03/26 1, Chet Baker, Chet, (9); 2, John Scofield, Six Strings, (9); 3, The Little Willies, For The Good Times, (2); 4, Billie Holiday Lester Young, Lady Day Pres 1937–1941, (1); 5, Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, (1);

Eat This Newsletter 297: Proudly Inefficient

This time around, efficiency is a very poor metric when it comes to cooking, supply chains, microwaves and breakfast.

Read it at buttondown.com/jeremyche…

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);