A Berliner Speaks
Luisa Weiss discovered blogs relatively early, and soon became one of the most-read food bloggers. She was also part of a lively, supportive community,...
Eat This Newsletter 288: Adverse
Hello If a study of foods and health suggests “adverse outcomes across nearly all organ systems” I’d want to minimise those foods. On the other hand, banning...
A fresh look at domestication
A new book turns the general consensus about domestication on its head. Human selection had little to do with transforming grass into wheat or any of the...
Eat This Newsletter 287: Cynical
Hello Three of today’s four items seem on the surface to be all good news, but I can’t help feeling that there’s not much below the surface. Babyfood...
Revolutions are born in breadlines
The famine in the Volga Region in the early 1920s was a humanitarian disaster, but it kick started about a decade of agricultural cooperation between the...
Eat This Newsletter 286: Cravings
Hello The people who need a healthy diet most can’t afford one, while the people who can easily afford it don’t seem to want it. That plus a travel tip,...
The Spice Bag
In 2008, the legend goes, staff at a Chinese takeaway in Dublin cooked themselves up a special treat after hours. Nothing too fancy, but tasty enough that...
Eat This Newsletter 285: Antsy
Hello The new EAT-Lancet report “allows two servings of animal-source foods per day—drawn from fish, yogurt, milk, cheese, or meat”. What if the yoghurt...
Revisiting Historical Recipes
Hello After you’ve found an historic recipe, sourced appropriate ingredients, figured out the maddeningly imprecise quantities, and grappled with...
Eat This Newsletter 284: Marketing
Hello Economics may not be perfect, or even close to it, but there are some problems that it solves much more effectively than well-meaning people. Market...
More than sodium chloride
The salt works at Trapani in Sicily The Miracle of Salt is the latest book from Naomi Duguid, a writer, home cook and photographer based in Toronto, Canada....
Eat This Newsletter 283: Odious
Hello I am reliably informed I showed no aversion to stinky cheeses as an infant. Apologies in advance if you find any of this issue’s items revolting,...
New Light on Neanderthal Diets
Hello The human remains at Neumark Nord, a Neanderthal site in Germany, are around 125,000 years old. Those at the Anthropology Research Facility (ARF) --...
Eat This Newsletter 282: Myths Busted
Hello The Black Death, the Shetland Black, the smoking wok, the misleading image, the pomegranate; all slightly mythical, all somewhat busted. Oppressing the...
Eat This Newsletter 281: Food Plus
Hello Almost every link today demonstrates how much more food is than just something to eat. One Bite at a Time Columbia Magazine neatly sidesteps...
Eat This Newsletter 280: Gordian
Hello Sometimes, the simple solutions might actually be best. Sometimes, they’re not. Take a Sword To It Have you been worrying about how the Food and Drug...
Eat This Newsletter 279: No Excuses
Hello Some weeks just happen to be less full than others, and this is one of those. Still, at least one makes up for it in wordage. There’s some spookiness...
Eat This Newsletter 278: Eat well
Hello A little late this week so that I can bring you the latest results on ultra-processed foods without breaking an embargo. Ultra-processing does matter...
Eat This Newsletter 277: Empty calories
Hello What chance does an emaciated weakling regulatory agency have against the mighty, maggot-free muscle of Big Food? A Definitive Definition? Once upon a...
Eat This Newsletter 276: Diversities
Hello It is almost too hot to think, but not quite, so here are some thoughts triggered by last week’s expeditions into the interwebz. Desertification by...
