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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I've organised what I think is a great programme of food-related events for this year's @burylitfest.bsky.social. We have a special offer running on tickets right now and I'd so love you to attend. www.burylitfest.co.uk/food-programme

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎶 T̶h̶i̶r̶t̶y̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶t̶y̶ ̶F̶i̶f̶t̶y̶ Sixty years of shock 🎶

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thanks very much Paul, really glad to hear you're enjoying it so far.

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Paul J White @pauljwhite.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026

I ordered mine on Monday, and I have to say it's a delightful book. Full of facts, history, instructions and recipes, and beautifully illustrated. You should definitely buy a copy if you're into food and cooking 😀

Book cover held up against living room wall.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I love this book - really well-researched.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Have been enjoying this excellent episode on kefir, koumiss and all things from the underexposed world of central Asian fermented dairy

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Cheers Franz! Even I can't buy it from my publisher this cheaply - Amazon buying power is really something.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Got tickets to go see Robyn and I'm feeling absolutely amped about it.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Great to see recommendations for Burmese restaurants from @meemalee.bsky.social in @vittles.bsky.social this week! Loved Lahpet and their fantastic salad and looks forward to trying Nway Oo Pokhara too... open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

open.substack.com

Six of One - Myanmar Special

The best places to find Burmese food in London, by MiMi Aye, David Jay Paw and Ned Sedgwick.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

When you hit the character limit mid-rant but you're mad enough to spend the extra 10p

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

DM me for a last-minute signed copy to stick under the tree 🎄

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

BRB need to tell 12 year-old me that I'll end up making a living selling cabbage, but it's OK there's a Magic: The Gathering card about it

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Fermentation-related hypothetical. How many overripe figs would it take to fail a breathalyser test? Context, if helpful, is over granola.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Names redacted, because I know AI is shoved at us to solve every problem lately, but please don't ask it for fermenting (or possibly any cooking) advice!

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

(the data tab is actually a bit more useful, if less sexy than the map) (yes, I'm taking it as read that maps of ferment origins are sexy)

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I do love me some data - here's a map of over 600 traditional ferments across the world bokulich-lab.github.io/FermDB/#map

bokulich-lab.github.io

FermDB

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My main concern here, though, would be keeping everything submerged below the brine. This becomes slightly less important once it's all fermented, but if you keep it for a while you'll get off-flavours from yeasts (often called 'kahm') on anything exposed (though underneath it's usually fine)

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I wouldn't personally go for a perpetual ferment - the reason being that you get different microbes emerging at different stages of fermentation (the early-fermentation ones can't take the acidity of late-fermentation) and so new veg wouldn't get the full process.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I made something silly with some juniper beer I fermented because I think the little berries look like comets (🔊)

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Justin Stach @stach.uk · 27/05/2025

Very happy to have made some kimchi which got complements from our South Korean houseguest. Standing on the shoulders of @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social and his fab book.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Thanks very much Justin, and great work on your clearly impressive batch! Spreading the good word of home-made kimchi one jar at a time...

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Here is a small part of said soy sauce

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Andy Serkis on the glockenspiel for Albania 👌

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I think any application of AI should be measured against "magic 8 ball with Simpsons clips" tvsimulator.com/says/

tvsimulator.com

TV Simulator Says

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I didn't think I'd sick in my mouth so early in the day, but here we are.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Context: taken from an AI-generated short story, which (how apt!) nicked the phrase from Nabokov.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

...and that is how I named my sad lit language model.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Yup! We planted one a year ago and it's already doubled in size (and that's in our front garden, with a soil mix that I assume is 50:50 old pots & building material)

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Also, other versions of kimchi are well worthwhile - radish winter kimchi (dongchimi) made without any chilli is an absolute favourite, and I've not seen it commercially available in the UK even though it's pretty easy to make.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thanks Nic. Yes, even if it does myself out of sales of the one I make, I'd say make your own. Here's my recipe

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

After 7 hours with a 6 month-old in A&E I like to unwind with a bowl of leftover chilli (thanks CJ) while watching a man make pistachios into earbuds v.redd.it/8wh7boll9kle1

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From the ATBGE community on Reddit: Pistachio earbud

Explore this post and more from the ATBGE community

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

It's a bold defence for a woman who claims her Jesus statue wept blood www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Thanks! That's a follow. Her panel talk at BL Food Season a couple of years back was great.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I've had the irn bru syrup sat in the back of the fridge for over a year, so just using was satisfying. Good drink, but getting enough bru flavour through while controlling sweetness is (perhaps unsurprisingly) tricky. Not bad tipple though!

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Burns night old fashioned, with irn bru simple syrup - name suggestions?

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Thanks - developing a love/hate relationship with the messages in the otherwise lonely landscape. But, hole!

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Just started playing for the first time about a week ago. 35 hours in, it's a treat.

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James Read @jamesreadwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

They're bloody delicious when they're ripe. Soursweet and refreshing. Popular in Thailand.

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