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

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

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!

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

Looks like my book is discounted at the moment (<£15) www.hotukdeals.com/deals/of-cab...

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

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.

So pleased to see trad soy sauce getting in-depth coverage from @koryodynasty.bsky.social (coincidentally the same morning I'm filtering some soy sauce I started 3 years ago) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Yes little mouse! Douze points.

Andy Serkis on the glockenspiel for Albania 👌

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

I'm on the Fermenters Guild podcast chatting about the koji process, crap bats and the ginger beer liminal space fermentersguild.podbean.com/e/james-read...

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

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

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

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

Every time I do my tax return I wonder why situations like "part-ownership of oil rig before 1978" and "losses accrued from repainting farm machinery (not for agricultural use)" are prioritised over "got paid for some work I did". Is there a good (for them not us) UI reason?

There are jobs that never get done unless there's a writing deadline, and I'm certain there's a word in German for them.

Such a interesting analysis from Chris and Steph - even apart from the categorisation there's so much great info here chinesecookingdemystified.substack.com/p/63-chinese...

Thank you so much Justin, this is really kind!! (I do love the typesetting and design too - courtesy of Matthew Cox)

Just found my pencil case from when I was 16 - note the Millennium 2000 pencil...

First thing I've written since my second-born, and I really enjoyed it! A piece about why I love fermentation for CKBK's 'Consuming Passions' series app.ckbk.com/features/con...

My book's just been indexed on @eatyourbooks.bsky.social - if you don't already use it, it's a great website that lets you search all the recipes in your cookbooks (e.g. for sauerkraut, to remind yourself you could be making pierogi with it) www.eatyourbooks.com/library/2322...

Google really is much worse, and it's frustrating that it's clearly by design. Good video with more info youtu.be/uSGVk2KVokQ

Welcome @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social good to have you aboard!

Somebody Somewhere is indeed criminally underwatched - there's really nothing else I've ever seen that's quite like it www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Christmas gift list from @vittles.bsky.social is perfect - mints from Lourdes, Santa Novella pot pourri, tinned chicken haleem and *two* vinegars. Most of the ideas are not only things I've not heard of, but product categories I wouldn't even have considered. open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Anyone want 2 tickets to see Shabaka tonight at Southbank? My daughter's come down with norovirus so can't make it.

Had a great fun talking to Thomas about all things fermented 🎧

Why are Guardian and Observer journalists going on strike for four days in December over the deal to offload the Observer onto a failing digital startup? Five reasons here. Please repost 🙏

I bet you didn’t know that the all-American pumpkin pie originated in France! Find out more AND get my favorite recipe for this autumn treat. jamieschler.substack.com/p/tarte-au-c...

I need you to see this

It's gift-buying time! If you've got anyone ferment-curious in your life, I've put together a whole list of my favourite ferment & ferment-adjacent books (yes, my own has snuck on there, I'm shameless) including @bookishjulia.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/a-few-...

This is a travesty. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Fermenter: The cup is ajar.

How can I explain to my cat that, while I love him, the venn diagram of occasions upon which I want to be licked is essentially an overlapping circle with "I am dead and you're hungry"?

I feel I should link to my newsletter which has been going since 2016 (on Tinyletter and then Substack). I write about food culture, review cookbooks and writings on food, and collate reading lists. New subscribers will be cherished! topographickitchens.substack.com

Started working on a #fermentation starter pack. It's pretty small right now but if you have accounts to suggest leave a comment! go.bsky.app/PPmDPve

Researching hybrid & novel fruits - guess which of these are real: Pink pineapple Pineapple-flavoured strawberry Candyfloss grapes Peacotum (a peach mixed with an apricot and a plum) Blood lime Gold kiwi Yellow watermelons A half-blackberry/half-raspberry called a ‘tayberry’

Better make the first post to a new SN something poignant and engaging. Alright, hi, I'm here.