A series-based newsletter that digs into the hidden history and context behind topics such as Japanese dashi, the Falmouth Road Race and flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo. Each multi-part series combines historical research, revisionist framing and listening or reading recommendations.
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Each issue takes a popular food or wellness claim, traces its history, and checks it against the actual studies, noting where the evidence stops. Issues also include practical elements such as a congee recipe and kitchen advice.
A long-form, source-cited series that traces the history of human nutrition and examines claims about diet, such as the Japanese longevity model and the Paleolithic diet, against scientific evidence. Readers get a structured, chapter-by-chapter critique of popular nutrition myths.
Jeff Watkins writes a personal newsletter mixing tabletop roleplaying game prep and setting material for a Nimble TTRPG campaign set in the world of his novel, with essays on running games and food history. Readers get a blend of game-master advice, original setting fiction and historical curry anecdotes.
A personal book newsletter where the author shares recommendations of short books and novellas, especially translated works by global women, and reflects on cookbooks, family recipes and food history. Another issue uses a course-style essay to explain the historical and political background of the US-Mexico border.
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