Jeremy Cherfas

Here’s a fun one from this day in 2007: Dr Watson and the Missing Money

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Cracking piece from Max Walker in Vittles, on the Devon Split, as a vehicle for the industrialisation of London’s milk supply. I’ve never tasted one, but I kept thinking, which came first, the Split or the Marritozzo. Still none the wiser.

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 * On foot* 41.886868, 12.440913* Sunday 17 March, 2024* 423.58 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapAfter two long days in front of the computer, happy to see the quest in the local park again. The photo is facing directly away from the location. 

Very interesting write-up, echoing many of my own feelings from IndieWeb camps. Sorry to have missed discussion of the evolutionary history of camels.

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The on-this-day feature on my main site threw up a little gem today from way back when in 2006. I was so thrilled by the fact that the post is still live, and by the fact that it is as relevant today as it was then (perhaps more so) that I am linking to it again. lancemannion.typepad.com/lance_man…

A new Eat This Newsletter: the other shoe drops on lead in cinnamon; rye in Scandinavia and the recent oldest bread, which requires a small qualifier; doubts about agricultural subsidies that “that when reached will make them redundant”; and a history of British pies buttondown.email/jeremyche…

TIL that ”the curb cut effect,” which I was familiar with, is “also known as the « i want subtitles on my favourite show because even though my ears are just fine, i like to eat crisps while watching » rule”.My ears, by the way, are not fine.

That’s my take on the agricultural unrest happening across Europe.Of course we would not be here if we still relied on peasant farmers and the meagre surplus that could be extracted from them without actually killing them. Nevertheless, today’s farmers are not their descendants.Just one item in the latest Issue of Eat This Newsletter.https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/shokuiku/

Currently reading: The Last Life by Claire Messud, ISBN: 9780156011655

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