New episode: Quinoa’s Rise and Fall
Between 2007 and 2014 farmers on the altiplano of Peru saw their income from quinoa increase by almost 900%. The boom was followed even more quickly by a bust.
https://eatthispodcast.com/quinoa
Yes:
It is good to share some of the downs as well as the ups or even the plain level-going. I sometimes censor myself from sharing all the joy because I don't want to give the impression that everything is always perfect, but it darn near is, for which I am grateful.
Most people know that Jewish dietary laws forbid pork. A new book asks why the pig — rather than any of the other animals banned by the Hebrew bible — should have become so inextricably bound up with Jewish identity.
https://eatthispodcast.com/pigs
Just wow! https://www.c82.net/natural-colors/
The Natural System of Colours: Recreating Moses Harris’ color wheels from the eighteenth century.
h/t https://anhvn.com/posts/2025/weeknotes-29/
Yes:
Eat This Newsletter, for your delectation.
- 16,000 calories per calorie: isn’t that rather inefficient?
- NuFood: ready for water lentils?
- Marmalade, membrillo: what’s the difference?
And more, at https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-265-past-and-future/