TheDimPause @TheDimPause@mastodon.sdf.org

Worrying.I have become that elderly person with a blanket on their lap. It’s getting chilly …

Whitebait, mackerel with black garlic braised lentils and a coffee crème brûlée - a brilliant Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd today. Accompanied by a few pints of a Salopian Brewery New England IPA. 🍺 🐟

Crete, 2004

Currently reading: The Fire of Joy by Clive James 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781529042085

Currently reading: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780241425442

The most important invention of the 20th century keeps us alive but is killing the environment. The solution? Eat less meat 🔗

What has been made into a commodity cannot easily be brought back to being a luxury. That’s the luxury trap. And it’s not the first time we’ve fallen for it. https://thecorrespondent.com/733/the-most-important-invention-of-the-20th-century-keeps-us-alive-but-is-killing-the-environment-the-solution-eat-less-meat/

Continuing the saga - Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Ugandan rolex. Superb! Far exceeded my expectations; can’t imagine the egg-based version would be better. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/aug/29/meera-sodha-vegan-recipe-ugandan-rolex

From standup to stanzas: Frank Skinner’s terrific guide to poetry 🔗

Now embarking on its second series, the podcast is a terrific listen: bursting with enthusiasm for its chosen poems and constantly amusing about Skinner’s relationship with them. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/oct/06/frank-skinner-poetry-podcast-absolute-radio

Aston Villa - Liverpool finishes 7-2. Outstanding night for Villa! ⚽️

Aston Villa v Liverpool. Villa leading 4-1 at half-time! Hat-trick for Ollie Watkins 😃 ⚽️

How the Indian Premier League clean bowled English T20 cricket 🔗🏏 Two hundred million people watched the IPL season opener in Abu Dhabi … more than the Super Bowl audience and not too far off the Champions League final. https://theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/oct/03/how-the-indian-premier-league-clean-bowled-english-t20-cricket

For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes I’ve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with broccoli. And baked black-eyed beans. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/sep/05/meera-sodhas-vegan-recipe-for-chilli-cornbread-with-broccoli

Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi.

France divided over calls for Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine to be reburied in Panthéon 🔗 The Guardian https://theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/28/calls-for-arthur-rimbaud-paul-verlaine-reburied-together-pantheon-paris

‘He returned to what he really was’: Clive James’s daughter on his poetic farewell 🔗 — Excerpt: Ten months before his death last year at the age of 80, Clive James underwent an eight-hour operation to remove a tumour on his face. Already very frail – he had been suffering from leukaemia... https://thedimpau.se/2020/09/27/he-returned-to.html

Every time I read Meera Sodha’s column in The Guardian I find things I must cook. My latest quick reminder list:

Slow-cooked marrow borani

Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi

Chilli cornbread with broccoli

Ugandan rolex https://www.theguardian.com/profile/meera-sodha

Aperol Spritzing our way through a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon. 😎

David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59 🔗 — Excerpt: David Graeber, anthropologist and anarchist author of bestselling books on bureaucracy and economics including Bullshit Jobs: A Theory and Debt: The First 5,000 Years, has died aged 59. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59

Why Can’t My Camera Capture the Wildfire Sky?
🔗 — Your Phone Wasn’t Built for the Apocalypse https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/camera-phone-wildfire-sky/616279/

Big bread 🥖