Jeremy Cherfas

• On foot* 41.8812, 12.4409* 10 October 2025* 423.96 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapFine walk in the late afternoon sunshine. I knew I had to do this one as the closest I could easily get would be the bridge between the two sides of the big park.

These are some good reminders of how to keep going when (almost) all you have is intrinsic rewards. “Push yourself out” is the tricky one for me because to me it sounds like “promote yourself,” which I find hard, rather than “keep doing what you like,” which I do, and which is No. 1.

Revisiting Historical Recipes

Even if you manage to make an old recipe, you’re left with an insoluble mystery: how should it taste? If you’re in search of some notion of authenticity, that is the ultimate stumbling block. There is just no way to know. Or is there?

eatthispodcast.com/past-tast…

Yes: Very happy to be able to get to IWC Berlin in person

Jo’s response to All That Spam is more constructive and creative than anything I’ve ever contemplated.

In keeping with one of the newsletter items, can’t wait to see what Tip-Top Tariffs makes of the UK’s latest crop breakthrough, assuming they eventually get enough to export.

www.bbc.com/news/arti…

Eat This Newsletter 284: Marketing

Food bank economics, Pasta Grannies behaving badly, white olives, a eulogy for “foodie”, tariffs on “English” tea, and some food-flavoured Ig Nobel prizes.

buttondown.com/jeremyche…

Just got a warning that TimeMachine had not done a backup for 46 days. Seems like quite a delay to warn me that something is wrong.

The Tragedy and Comedy of Don Quixote (https://lithub.com/the-tragedy-and-comedy-of-don-quixote?utm_source=Klaviyo=campaign…) , a recent article in Literary Hub, adds to my admiration for Laurent Binet’s Civilisations.