A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Latest newsletter revisits Passover and asks a fifth question: if you are an observant Jewish sourdough baker, what do you do with your starter over Passover?
Questions too for sustainable fish, citrus salads and livestock emissions.
https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/ETN-236-leavened/
Latest Eat This Newsletter has it all: mac and cheese, sourdough, Indian Indian, microplastics in mothers milk, and the drive to large chain restaurants.
https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-189-inauthentic/
Finished reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan
I wrote about reviving my sourdough after an extended absence.
https://www.fornacalia.com/2020/sourdough-revival/
Just flipped the switch on tickets for the next one-day Sourdough U course in Rome. Come and learn how to care for and use a sourdough leaven. Suitable for experienced bakers and absolute beginners. https://ti.to/sourdough-u/2019-11
I wonder how easy it is to count the corpses of yeast and lactobacillus cells in a baked loaf?
https://www.sourdough.co.uk/can-real-sourdough-identified/