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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Another errand-run enlivened by a coffee in service of coffeeneuring. jeremycherfas.net/blog/necci-dal-19… #coffeeneuring2026

An espresso in a white cup on a gray table with a place mat depicting a distorted view of Rome, How Pignetans See Rome. Behind is the yellow exterior of the restaurant with the wines and menu on blackboard and an assortment of customers and waitstaff.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

It being a perfect autumnal morning, with warm sunshine, blue skies, and just a touch of freshness in the air, we took ourselves off to the Terme di Caracalla for a Cultural Quickie®. The primary purpose was an exhibit of photos by Frank Horvat but the ruins […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A view of three portraits of women in the exhibit with the brick walls of the baths behind

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Colonist settlers thanked divine providence for the fallow land they found near Plymouth Rock. And that helped them to ignore the agriculture of the Wampanoag people who helped them survive their first few winters by sharing the fruits of that agriculture […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Podcast cover artwork. An illustration of a male colonist settler in Pilgrim dress is behind a Prohibited red circle with a diagonal slash.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20261011-C-AY68OD On foot 41.8843, 12.4564 11 October 2026 425.76 ppm CO2 OpenStreetMap www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.8843… Some days you cycle to the foot rabbit. Other days […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Composite image. On the left a map showing the location of the quest and my position. On the right, a view of two ochre-coloured blocks of flats, each with a gate leading to parking. Three cars are parked, two of them obstructing one of the gates. The flats have balconies, some of which host plants. The sky is clear blue.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

When you finally find some molasses in a local shop and it isn’t yet cold enough for porridge for breakfast, obviously you make molasses cookies. #baking

A blue cookie tin in which are dark brown molasses cookies.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Group outing on Sunday with FIAB Ruotalibera, from Cesano di Roma station to Parco Leonardo station. Perfect day for it, sunny but not too hot, although the technology let me down. jeremycherfas.net/blog/to-the-beach… #bicycle #FIAB #trailreplay

Two cyclists on a cycle path. Behind them is the barbed wire fence of an airport and above them an airplane with a bright blue fuselage and red, white, and green flash on the tail. The sky is a paler blue with whispy clouds.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Excellent ride today with FIAB Roma Ruotalibera (who aren’t here but should be). Smallish group, perfect weather, just lovely. #bicycle #fiab #roma

A woman cyclist in a hi-viz yellow T shirt reads the sign at the Torre Di Maccarese, a local landmark. The base of the stone tower with a doorway can be seen beyond the sign and two palm trees.

Two cyclists beneath a plane with a bright blue fuselage against a paler blue sky. The barbed wire perimeter fence of the airport is visible beyond the cyclists on the path.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

The round red ball of Chioggia radicchio, with its white ribs, is a mainstay of Italian salads. However, it is just one of a huge family of varieties in a range of colours from pale pink to dark magenta and green splashed with red. Now, thanks to more than a […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover artwork. A sample of colourful radicchio leaves in a white dish with scalloped edges. Photo by Shawn Linehan.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

New episode: The Truth About Picky Eaters I cannot imagine the horror of being a parent whose child won’t eat anything. The guilt, the fear, the worry. And yet pickiness is everywhere. It seems almost inevitable. Helen Zoe Veit's new book reveals that […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover artwork. Muffins with peanut butter gussied up to look like owls, with banana and blueberry eyes and strawberry wings and beak.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20260914-W-B2M8NE * On foot * 43.4747, 12.1380 * 14 September 2026 * 424.32 ppm CO2 * OpenStreetMap www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.4747… Deep in the Umbrian countryside, even a […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Composite image; On the left my location with the Rabbit, on the right, a woodland edge sloping down to the left. In the foreground is patchy scrub and the dried stalk of a mullein inflorescence, with the trunks and leaves of mostly oaks in shade behind.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20260903-W-C171SL * On foot * 55.9376, -3.2137 * 03 September 2026 * 423.86 ppm CO2 * OpenStreetMap: www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9375… Always nice after a day of travelling […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Composite image; On the left my location with the Rabbit, on the right, the solid gray granite stones of a mortared high wall between me and the Rabbit just on the other side of it.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

We can pickle it. But will we want to? Ken Albala thinks maybe not. ”This next generation is really going to not care much about pickles, or they’re going to like pickles that are bought in the store and made industrially and really not care about the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover artwork. A white man wearing spectacles and a tan hat peers over a glass of something pale and fermented.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Deconstructed panzanella with ricotta for lunch.

A white plate with quartered red tomatoes flecked with oregano and pepper on top of stale bread, and some white ricotta cheese on the side.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

@samueljohnson I like a tumbler with a bit of heft myself. But this is not my preferred whisky glass.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20260814-W-AY68OD * On foot * 41.8877, 12.4554 * 14 August 2026 * 424.10 ppm CO2 * OpenStreetMap: www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.8877… Too hot to be out strolling just to get […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Composite image. On the left a map showing the location of the quest and my position. On the right, looking down onto a level playing area with the shadows of umbrella pines stretching across the scorched brown grass. In the middle distance, palms, dark green holm oaks and other trees, all under a clear blue sky.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

In the latest Eat This Newsletter, I share a bad case of pessimism. Or is it realism? But there are also lotus eaters, a history of biryani, and a love letter to Italy's August traditions. I should add, the lack of traffic on the roads and free availability […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A 19th century engraving of the constellation Virgo, associated with the harvest since the Roman Empire. The brightest star, Spica, is the ear of wheat in her left hand.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Do ants eat feathers? I mean, protein, right? This crow feather was whole when I noted it by the entrance to an ants' nest on Monday. Today it seems half eaten, although it has barely moved since Monday. Could the ants have taken it apart and down into their nest? #ants

A crow feather with half of the barbs removed entirely and the rest seemingly chewed at their tips.Above the feather is the entrance to an underground ants’ nest and several ants are also visible.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

“If I had done what I originally intended, I could have been building a slum tenement occupied by ruthless assassins waiting only for their next victim.” jeremycherfas.net/blog/lousy-hotel-… #insects #microwildlife

On the left, an empty bee’s nest in the bamboo of a folding director’s chair. Some brown organic debris can be seen inside the hole. On the right, a closeup of four holes in the upright of Ikea Ivar wooden shelves, plugged with what looks like mud.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

There is a strand of thought out there that believes any and all legislation to do with seeds is evil and unnecesary. It is wrong. Here’s why. jeremycherfas.net/blog/why-we-need-… #seeds

A hand holding a packet of Red Sun sunflower seeds next to the very disappoint, very ordinary yellow sunflower that emerged from the seeds.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

That is a bright orange canna with a blue spruce behind. These are two and three. #bloomscrolling

A yellow sunflower with some yellow anthers emerging from the disc florets.

A huge, blowsy, saucer-sized pink hibiscus flower.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

New episode: The Tomato in England The first tomato plants in England were noted around 1590, but there aren’t many recipes until the 1720s. Why did it take so long? The stories you may have heard are probably wrong. Dr Serin Quinn explains what really […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover artwork, A Victorian advertisement for a heated glasshouse, with a gardener tending a plant above a section labelled Hot Bed.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Going through some old photographs and came across this gem from 2018, when I was still bemused by Apple’s Aperture. jeremycherfas.micro.blog/2018/01/11…

Screenshot of Aperture identifying knots in a floorboard as a face that needs to be named.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

In the US, Congress has the chance to pass the Universal School Meals Program Act and the Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act, both of which would be a great investment in the future of the country […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

An array of colourful foods at a school lunch counter in Sweden. A person is helping themselves to a selection.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

Guerilla gardening. I tried this when we first got here, and the forces of evil wiped it out pretty quickly. Maybe times have changed. Maybe this time beauty will prevail. #gardening

Six iris offsets, their sword-like leaves trimmed down to prevent the wind rocking them too much, planted around a street tree in the hope that they will survive and flourish.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

New episode: More Sustainable School Meals Researchers in Sweden optimised school lunches (universally free) to reduce GHG emissions while staying essentially the same. Negative result very positive; no changes in amount eaten, amount wasted and meal […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover art: Swedish children sit at a table eating the school lunch provided to every child for free.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

I used to be a bit sniffy about the mezzaluna. I mean, what’s the point of a tool that can do only one thing. A year ago, I succumbed, in a hardware store from heaven, and now I am a total convert. Nothing else could reduce a handful of leaves so efficiently […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Before: a good handful of tarragon leaves and the shining steel blade of a mezzaluna, a crescent shaped knife with a handle at each end.

After: the same leaves, very finely chopped after just a couple of minutes.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

I think this may be a green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napa) but would welcome confirmation from the likes of @lionelb #butterfly

A pale green butterfly on a blue flower against a dark background.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Latest episode takes a look at espresso, with conversations about the hipster barista and Chinese espresso. Together, they show clearly that even traditions that define an identity are not as immutable as people sometimes think they are. eatthispodcast.com/espresso #podcasts #food #coffee

Cover art. A very dark espresso coffee in a glass cup, the better to see the essential cream floating on top, with coffee still emerging from the machine.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

Rome doing its best to prepare me for Ireland and #HearSay26

View out an airplane window with wet tarmac, drizzle and a gray, overcast sky.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

New episode: Mysterious Collards in Morocco Collard greens are strongly associated with Black foodways in the US South, though they are also eaten in parts of Europe and in East Africa. And, as it happens, in Morocco on the edge of the Sahara, although the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover artwork. Close up of green collard leaves arranged around the stem, seen from above, with podcast branding below.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

For the first time, I did a gauge swatch for my next project, although I don’t really see the point as I will be measuring it against my head as it goes. #crochet

A blue crochet hook resting on a swatch of single crochet which is resting on a large ball of soft red yarn.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Early smoke mask seen this morning at the firefighters' museum, a little known gem on the edge of Testaccio in Rome. #museums #Rome

A somewhat steampunk helmet and mask that is an early firefighter’s smoke mask. It has a domed metal top, glass panels lower down, protected by metal struts and two hoses, one for input one for output. The fittings are brass.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

New Episode: In Search of the Real Cheeses Trevor Warmedahl worked in commercial cheese operations large and small in the USA for about 10 years, becoming increasingly disenchanted with their pursuit of uniformity. So he set off to learn about “other, older […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Trevor Warmedahl with the abomasum of a goat, a common source of rennet in artisanal cheesemaking.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

On the ground arms flap. Tree high parakeets gaze down. Qi Gong in the park. #haiku

A distant view of a group of people in a circle doing exercises with a bamboo staff beneath some tall, almost bare trees. The sky above is blue and cloudy and in the distance can be glimpsed the top of a white building behind a line of trees.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

I don't have a /caws page like some of my friends, but I do have a page of caws, with more to come, I hope. jeremycherfas.net/blog/caw-01 #birds #hoodedcrows

A hooded crow with a peanut in its beak to the far right of the frame, the rest of which is filled with an out of focus urban view

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

Eat This Newsletter 299: No Doom Supply lines are imperilled, but the linking must continue. 1) Cool as a cucumber, with added nomenclature 2) Meat and mushrooms, apostasy in Texas and Iowa. 3) Anchovies, the best on the internet? 4) Olive Oil Tourism, the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A Japanese fan made of paper with a bamboo frame and supports and a rating of a cucumber, to improve the fan’s cooling ability.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

Suffering from a mild case of imposter syndrome. I expect I will get over it. #beer

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026

The grapevine on the terrace is definitely getting going now. As always, the question is: will it flower and set fruit? #gardening

A slender grapevine with four buds broken against a very blue sky. In the background, out of focus, television antennae, parked cars and a general urban landscape.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

New episode. EU regulations for extra-virgin olive oil include tasting notes. An oil that has any of the forbidden flavours cannot be classified as extra virgin. But modern, old-fashioned oils in Provence go out of their way to develop some — but not all — […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Ripe, violet olives on a branch with leaves

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

My BirdNET-Pi detected a tawny owl a few times over the past week, usually around 3 am. We live near a big park so I was inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt. And I was right, because this morning, in the park, I found incontrovertible evidence. #birds #BirdNET_Pi

A wing feather from a tawny owl, with dark and light brown — tawny — bands alternating with white.

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

I’m resurrecting my post from this day in 2021 because the question it asks still requires some sort of answer. “damninteresting its core, is about how Lysenko’s fake science, intended to demonstrate the superiority of Marxist theory, was responsible for the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A faked photograph of Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov among the seed cabinets at the Institute of Applied Botany in St Petersburg

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