Eat This Newsletter 238 is out, with some pre-history for Rome's decline and fall and a bunch of stuff on nutrition, good, bad and ultra-processed.
https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-238-history-nutrition/
Very much enjoyed reading Paul Robert Lloyd’s reworking of the IndieWeb principles, and in my view they are a definite improvement.
Only one question: is the emoji for item 6. a bento box? My old eyes can’t be sure, but it would be appropriate.
I finally wrote about my trip to the Brompton World Championships in Venice. Still have to do the photos.
https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/brompton-world-championships-2024
TIL: a well-known and well-regarded weekly podcast that puts out 40 episodes a year is made by four people each working a full-time eight-hour day. That's a lot of time.
Eat This Newsletter 237: Shredded
Which is more, 45 gallons or 720 cups? Trick question, obvs; they're equal. Either way, Americans have never drunk as much milk as they did in 1945, and bird flu is just a blip in the decline.
https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-237-shredded/
Making art of any kind will always attract the curious, and children can be especially helpful until they suddenly lose interest.
Getting errors from the web mention service I use and need to work out why, so trying from here to see whether anything will be be received at https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/make-it-simpler
New episode: What is Chametz?
The Hebrew Bible singles out five grains for special treatment. Two are easy: wheat and barley. Modern science may help identify the other three, but will that change centuries of custom and tradition.
https://eatthispodcast.com/chametz
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/
Cream crackered after spending an hour and a half trying to separate a well overgrown and neglected canna lily from its concrete trough. Very hard going, but now that I have replanted a few offsets, I am taking a well earned break.