Hello! Been a busy and topsy-turvy week. I am here with a list, albeit a curt one. I don’t like doing this, but it’s better than not sending anything out. I’ll be back soon with the usual goods.

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1. The Gulp War - About the “Academy Awards of bottled water”, the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting.

2. The Future Is Knit: Why the Ancient Art of Knitting Is High-Tech Again - about high-tech clothes, and why knitting is such a cool ‘technology’.

3. Why people in rich countries are eating more vegan food - interesting piece from Economist. People may not be turning vegan outright, but they’re eating more vegan food.

4. Why It Took Dunkin’ Donuts 10 Years to Build the Perfect New Cup - turns out that it’s really difficult for a big franchise to move away from lightweight and easy-to-handle foam cups that are terrible for the environment. The real sustainable solution, however, is to get people to use reusable mugs of their own.

5. Tokyo’s Long Lines Lead to Magic (and Life-Changing Ramen) - What happens when a normally impatient person visits Tokyo, where long lines in front of an establishment speak of its quality? Also, being in a line is a sign of endurance, and is prized among the Japanese.

6. The Socio-Economics of Your Plate - more from one of my new favorite publications, Goya Journal. More and more restaurants are focusing not only on where they get their produce from, but also from whom. Farmers in India are not in a good place, and it is important to cut down middlemen to siphon off profits from them.

7. The Produce of the Future Will Taste Better, Reduce Waste, and Look Very Cool - yes, exactly this. I hope we get here soon.

8. Barbarestan: The Restaurant that Sparked Georgia’s Culinary Revival - Again from Goya Journal , about a famous restaurant in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi.

9. How to Design a Wildlife-Friendly City - I really enjoy Undark magazine. Here, this article talks about how to ensure some sort of co-habitation of wild animals and humans in urban spaces.

10. The Dread and Hope of Migrant Farmers and Families - A haunting photo series of the migrant farm workers from Mexico and South America in the USA.