Back in January, a friend sent me a copy of The Farmer and The Grill…A Guide to Grilling, Barbecuing and Spit-Roasting Grassfed Meat…and for saving the planet one bite at a time by Shannon Hayes. It got packed up in the shuffle of moving and I finally remembered to get it out and read [...]
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Enjoy today’s guest post by Naomi Kooiker.
Scott asked for a short bio, so here it is. My name is Naomi and I’m a 20-year old student. I (mostly) eat a Paleo diet and I’ve struggled with the practical side of things. Figuring there must be some other people struggling too, I set up a blog [...]
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I don’t think there’s any question to my readers that I am a big fan of herbs and spices in cooking. From my article on The Health Benefits of Herbs and Spices to the second bullet on my previous post of Four Ways To Add Some Excitement To Your Diet, I’ve made it well-known [...]
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Photo courtesy of Obi’s Sister
Okay so there might not be much room on your fridge, especially for readers with kids at home. But I’m proposing that finding some kitchen real estate to post up some useful kitchen tips is an easy way to boost your culinary skills and take advantage of all the great [...]
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With all this talk about cooking being easy and spicing up a bland diet, I thought I’d run down a list of items that I make sure I always have on hand. These ten items ensure that I can throw something together in a hurry if need be or I can put together something [...]
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We’ve discussed ways to spice up a bland diet previously. In the interest of adding to that, here are two very simple and quick (under 30 minutes) meals from the past couple weeks. First up, we have one of the most ancient of foods, the steak. In and of itself, a steak [...]
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Souvlaki, The Greek Hamburger. Photo courtesy of Debliteck Ltd
We’ve been to Italy; now let’s go to Greece, another supposed bastion of health with its “Mediterranean Diet”. From Athena to Athens and the Parthenon to the Pantheon, let’s explore what the country that brought us Zeus can bring to our table.
History and Geography of [...]
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Welcome to Carnaval! Photo courtesy of Juan J Delos Santos
This week we’ll visit the land of unlimited meat buffets, tiny bikinis, Bossa nova, samba, and Carnaval. Something in that list is sure to entice everyone.
History of Brazil:
Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world in both size and population, comprises nearly half of [...]
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Photo courtesy of The Peru Guide
To the Land of the Incas we go. From Lima to Machu Picchu, let’s see what Peru is all about.
History of Peru:
The first indication of human presence in Peru is the Norte Chico civilization, around 11,000 BCE. This civilization is the oldest known complex society in the Americas. [...]
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The opposite of bland! Photo courtesy of The Food Pornographer
I was asked a question last weekend by a guy I know about how to increase the variety of his diet. The exact words he used in reference to his diet were, if memory serves me right, “bland and boring”. And I’d bet [...]
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