My son, showing you his technique for reviving hard bread (a traditionally-fermented sourdough baguette from Olga’s Cup & Saucer in Providence that had been frozen): by dipping it into warm lentil broth (homemade bone broth and vegetable broth I’d cooked lentils in). He wanted to add that it would be helpful to eat the bread […]

You’re in a meeting with the teachers of your child’s preschool, and you are commended for the bone broth you donate for the stone soup every week. One teacher says, “I just read something about bone broth.” And you say, “Yeah it’s really trendy now huh?” And another teacher says, “I bet you were making […]

I made homemade egg nog. I put it in my tea, instead of milk. I put it on my Indian pudding (see my posts on Facebook and Instagram about Indian pudding), along with the heavy cream. Best. Ideas. Ever. I’ve been making egg nog for years, but never thought to do so much with it. I […]

Your risk does not rise 18%, as in from 5% to 23%, but 18% of your existing relative risk. Your existing relative risk as an American (not as an individual) is 5% (compared to non-Americans). 18% of 5% is .9, hence your risk rising (relatively) from 5% to 6%. By eating processed, factory-farmed meat (there […]

I’ve had a possible breakthrough with regards to finding a more ideal way of eating for myself. We all know that a diversity of foods is important. I was thinking that maybe what’s optimal for me is to get a better diversity of foods within every meal. I don’t necessarily mean a “balanced” meal in […]

To those who say paleo (or any particular way of eating) is “bad for the environment” (the supposed latest critique from the mainstream media): I’m finding I’m just too tired to get nit-picky over what are overwhelming highly-generalized and totally-missing-the-point arguments. I find us, in the paleo community, repeating ourselves a lot, and people STILL […]

Ahhh, it happened again! I was asked, “You don’t eat a lot of meat, right?” I often get mistaken for a vegetarian, or close to it (a “flexitarian”). Why would someone think that? Because they see me as a “healthy eater,” and therefore I must not eat a lot of meat, because we all know […]

On Wednesday, March 26, I did a presentation on bone broth—its health benefits, traditional preparations, and uses—at our local Providence, RI Weston A. Price Foundation chapter meeting. I was joined by Patrick Beck of New England Grass Fed, who spoke about rotational grazing strategies, animal health supported by forage-based diets, the nutritional profile of grass-fed beef, […]

Someone on NPR said that the only way he could see to opt out of the mainstream meat industry was to become a vegetarian. Well, that’s one way of looking at it. Another way is: By becoming a vegetarian, you are only ensuring that the meat factory industry does very well, because you are denying […]

I bet you never guessed that I like oysters. I really, really like oysters. I like them so much, I named both myself and my blog after them. The reason I named myself and my blog after them is because, to me, oysters represent the fresh, simple, nutrient-rich foods I love and seek. I do […]