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The Vanishing Page: AI Firms Scan Then Destroy Rare Book Editions

AI companies are bulk-buying rare and out-of-print books, scanning them, then destroying the originals for training data.

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I was told you miss those days of twitter when I shared my new old books too! Family cooking from aunt Mary. Cookbooks by supposed aunts were a thing at the start of the 1900’s. This is one from France, looking forward to seeing how it compares to the ones from Belgium from that time. #bookhistory

Belgian Michelin star chef who posed as a saint working with refugees in a charity he claimed as his own has been exposed as a fraud. Greenwashing (which got him the green Michelin star), exploiting refugees (for which he got a medal from the king), intimidation, drugs, lies… vrtnws.be/p.y39D4mJ55

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Verschillende ex-medewerkers beschuldigen chef-kok Seppe Nobels van wanpraktijken. Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek van De Morgen. Nobels raakte bij het grote publiek bekend door het VRT 1-programma 'Rest...

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Secretly I always feel joy when I get this email from Academia saying I was cided in a paper 🥳 I should have been an academic, if only my neurodivergence allowed it!

Brand new episode is out!!! Patrick Leigh Fermor and Kazantzakis wrote about the rough, tough landscapes of Mani. What is the "feta of the fire"? And how much olive oil is "too much"? According to Maniots there isn't such a thing! Listen here: 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Food and Traditions of Mani Peninsula -Tough landscape and tough people!

Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · June 17 · 43m

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Should have added #bookhistory

Regula Ysewijn@regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A long shot but can anyone point me towards a list of printed books in the Załuski collection? More specific I need the list of books that were kept in the Russian national library before part of it was sent back to Poland after WWII. Shares appreciated 🙏🏻

A long shot but can anyone point me towards a list of printed books in the Załuski collection? More specific I need the list of books that were kept in the Russian national library before part of it was sent back to Poland after WWII. Shares appreciated 🙏🏻

I also have a few boxes of original 1930’s 1950’ deadstock milliners flowers - for hats, fascinators, corsages. If anyone is interested in these let me know! #fashionhistory #vintagedeadstock #vintagefashion

Is there a lace or fabric historian in my network? I have a box of antique Belgian lace plus original patterns and fabric material to create ribbon lace. I want to sell it to someone who will care for it, maybe use it, study it. Let me know if you are or know someone!

Influencers making ice cream in the snow, all acting like they just came up with the idea, foodies following suit. People claiming that is how ice cream was made in the past. No it wasn’t.

Yesterday at the Plantin-Moretus museum, home to the oldest printing presses in the world and the perfect location for my two lectures about culinary books and manuscripts, some that have even been printed here in the 16th century. Pictured recipes by one of the great women of the family.

Today is Saint-Nicholas day. Sinterklaas visits children in many cultures and has been an ever-evolving feast from its inception. Shaped by societal changes, the figure of the saint and his companion have taken on many forms throughout history and the feast continues to evolve. - pics are my own

Lecture at the Plantin Moretus Museum with a tasting of a 17th century almond tart. Details below!

A TV channel invited me on Insta to collab on a post I was metioned in so I did but boy wasn’t I prepared for all the trolling and negativity that flooded into my inbox. I cancelled the collab, all upset and made my own post which is getting kind and loving comments, so grateful for my own community

New addition to my collection! German handwritten cookbook with date 1886. Name and address in the pages but haven’t been able to decipher.

Someone doesn’t appreciate my acknowledgment of the dark history of sugar at the start of my book about historical and traditional British baking and left this review on the German Am-azon. Wait until she finds out all my books start with this “moral index finger”!

A British magazine contacting me to “offer” to promote my books in their “highly anticipated” Christmas gift guide. He goes on: “While our standard full-page rate card is £2,000 + vat, this special section is just £400 + vat for a third of a page…”

I’m writing down my trauma and suddenly I am at 10.000 words. Here’s to the next 10K because I am not done yet. And no, I am not writing a book, this is purely therapeutic.

I am a witch and proud of it.

I have just put for sale: Books about Rubens - Rare set of 5 L'oevre de P.P. Rubens, Max Rooses Published in Antwerp 1890 Max Rooses was the first curator of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, a renowned expert on Rubens. Let me know if anyone is interested (2027 will be the Rubens Year). Price neg.

Another cookery manuscript I can’t afford to buy for research because someone with deep pockets keeps outbidding everyone. I just hope it will go to someone who will take care of it and leave it to a heritage library in their last will.

My latest column has published over at Scribehound Food, a new platform bringing together 30 fantastic food writers! You can subscribe now for just 1£ the first month! You get an article a day and a wondeful archive of articles to pick and choose from! join.scribehound.com/food?ref=sha...

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I’d love to work in a museum, but high educational requirements close the door to my application as I am in nearly everything autodidact. The ironic thing is I do get freelance assignments from museums… I can actually bring in people.

Museums Association@museumsassociation.org · 10mo ago

Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing. Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷 #Museums2025

Thanks @nicmiller.bsky.social! Be sure to subscribe to her newsletter! And if you’re considering buying this book… the new edition from 2022 has a red cover ❤️

Nicola Miller@nicmiller.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I've updated and expanded my old review of Pride and Pudding by @regulaysewijn.bsky.social. This modern classic deserves a lot more time in the sun because a great cookbook is for life, not just the year of its publication! tales-from-topographic-kitchens.ghost.io/a-timeless-b...

A very special evening in Antwerp! Excited to be talking to Sami!

I turned to twitter today for the first time in ages to address a Belgian politician who like Trump and Dutch politicians want to… Ban the anti-fasism movement ‘Antifa’. The world is going more crazy and dangerous every day. We’re back in the 1930’s.

TALK @ Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL) 05 oktober 2025 - 14:00h - tickets: www.kunstmuseum.nl/nl/bezoek/ac...

Tomorrow at museum Plantin Moretus a taste of a 17th century pie from the records of one of the Plantin women. Do check out the new expo about the women who lived in the famous printing house. I’ll be there at 12 tomorrow!