Welcome to 2010.
To begin this new year with a healthy start, I am excited to embrace a new cookbook in our collection. This year for my birthday I received a copy of Sally Fallon’s Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. Like many others, I hope to improve my health this year by eating more nutritious foods. Almost a cult classic, Fallon’s cookbook is the one to have if you are ready to challenge the mainstream interpretations of nutrition. You may have begun this journey if you read Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food: And Eater’s Manifesto. While this relatively short book examines the history of nutritionism in America, Pollan also argues that we must revert to a more simple and wholesome diet – one consisting of more whole foods and pastured animal meat. To meet this goal, I highly suggest Fallon’s cookbook. It is the cornerstone of revitalizing traditional foods in the modern home.
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Tags: Grass-Fed, Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Nutrition, Soup, weekly menu
Posted on January 1st, 2010 by jared | No Comments »
For all my talk about meat, I have to admit that I haven’t been eating it nearly as much as I did a year ago. This is both good and bad. Though the bad reason is unknown to anyone else but myself. Specifically, I’m convinced that my stomach digests meat well and I remember eating local, whole foods and feeling better than I do these days. I’m starting to think that I need to eat more meat but not too much, hopefully a sustainable amount.
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Tags: afton field farm, Chicken, Joel Salatin, lamb, Soup, weekly menu
Posted on December 4th, 2009 by jared | 1 Comment »
For more than two years now I have planned weekly menus. The goals have changed over time, but the quality of life that results from my semi-obsessive planning habits remain choice and flavorful. Sometimes we find a theme for the menu- an ethnicity, a region, a cooking technique, a desire for cheeses or meats, etc. Throughout this process of reading recipes and planning feasts at home, I have noticed one big shift – my conception of a “simple meal.”
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Tags: lamb, Mark Bittman, Recipes, Soup, squash
Posted on November 20th, 2009 by jared | 1 Comment »
Although not aesthetically pleasing, freezing is a simple process for the preserving novice.
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Tags: afton field farm, Bulk purchase, Chicken, corn, cow, lamb, peaches, red bell peppers, Soup, Stock
Posted on November 11th, 2009 by jared | No Comments »
For the last couple of days I have daydreamed next week’s menu. Today I sat down, searched the web a bit and came up with a plan. Though, after reading over the list, I couldn’t help but wonder if I am eating “American cuisine.” What is American food?
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Tags: "ethnic food", Chicken, Recipes, seasonal eating, Soup, wild mushrooms
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by jared | No Comments »
