A propos eating alone, Gabrielle Schaffner, ceramicist extraordinaire, likes pasta al limone.

• The Delicious, Ancient History of Chocolate and Vanilla. To be taken with my opinion on at least part of the story.
• Marion Nestle answers Ray Goldberg’s questions about industry-funded studies.
• The World’s Appetite Is Threatening the Mississippi River, says the Wall Street Journal. I’d say, Old Man River will shrug it off; the rest of the environment maybe not.
• Nudges get a green light.
• But here’s a spoiler: there’s unlikely to be enough fruits and vegetables to satisfy everyone’s needs.
• Every crisis is an opportunity, or some such drivel. Even Brexit.

1. Its Greek yoghurt, but it isn’t “Greek yoghurt”
2. Ancient yeasts for modern brews
3. New grapes for wines to toast the climate crisis
4. What’s up with wine criticism?
5. Discrimination against black farmers was alive and well under Obama. It probably still is.
6. Fair Trade does not benefit those who work for Fair Trade farmers: Take One and Take Two

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