A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Little did I know when I booked a cycling holiday in the Po Valley that I would be staying at the heart of Italy’s first supply chain for certified organic quinoa grown in Italy.
Serendipity at its finest.
https://eatthispodcast.com/quinitalia
Many countries have strict rules about who is allowed to give advice on diet and nutrition. That doesn't stop even qualified people from selling all kinds of snake oil.
Tara Schmidt, lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet, told me about her work.
Listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/dietitian
Eat This Newsletter 270
Eggflation excuses, the sad saga of the British sliced loaf, what to grow in a nuclear winter, hot dance food science PhD, and a sober accounting of the US's food-related losses.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-270-concentrated-profits/
Top Album Artists from last.fm for week ending 15 May
1 Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos 13
2 The Be Good Tanyas 12
3 M83 11
4 James Blackshaw 9
5 The Dave Brubeck Quartet 7
Top artists last week.
1. Billie Holiday 16
2. John Hiatt 11
3. Pat Metheny 11
4. Warren Zevon 11
5. Madredeus 10
Top Album Artists last week
1. Willie Nelson 14
2. Cowboy Junkies 12
3. Levon Helm 12
4. Oscar Peterson 11
5. John Coltrane 7
TIL about the -c flag in rsync, which skips files based on checksum. The big benefit to me is that it preserves modification times, making it easier to find what I’m looking for. They say it takes more processor time; I don’t care. Hope there are no gotchas.
Got to be a win all round.
Top Album Artists last week
1. Bill Frisell 14
2. Calexico 13
3. John Hiatt 10
4. Tres Chicas 10
5. Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton 6
Top Album Artists last week:
1. Ralph Kirkpatrick 35
2. Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny 14
3. Galactic 13
4. Jenny Scheinman 12
5. The Iguanas 12