February 2012
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January 2012
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to all the weight-loss bloggers following me...
it’s flattering to be noticed, for sure. and i suppose it speaks to the growing popularity of paleo in general, that folks associate it with a “diet” and are looking for new ways to eat and live.
but when i click through to your blog and see your sad photos of low-fat meals, your obsessive calorie counting, the parade of despair in your posts about your “journey,”...
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new Gowanus BBQ joint: paleo eaters rejoice!
Fort Reno Provisions, a new BBQ restaurant, opened today in the old Mama Rosa space on Union Street, around the corner from Fourth Avenue. It promises well-sourced BBQ with the kind of attention to detail Slopers have come to expect from its principles, Jacques Gautier of Palo Santo and chef Lia Forman (Colicchio and Sons.)
Palo Santo is a perennial favorite of the CFSBK paleo crowd. I’m...
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officepoison list 1.18.2012
before 12 noon:
1. tim horton donuts, 2 dozen
2. honey wheat pretzel twists, gallon plastic container
3. jose cuervo-filled chocolate bonbon, 1
4. phyllo-wrapped meat tube, possibly of ”middle Eastern” origin, indeterminate quantity
between 12 noon and 5 PM:
5. haagen-dasz pints and pumpkin pie, a lot
6. forgotten unopened bags of hallowe’en candy, 1 pound
after 7 PM:
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Watchdon’t hate me cuz i’m beautiful.
or because afterward, i had multiples of these:
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time for a nice, long braise.
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sweet potatoes sauteed in duck fat
If you are of German or Irish descent, or generally identify your people as the white American working class, you have a special place in your heart for potatoes.
Me, I am three for three.
Duck fat, on the other hand, was certainly not part of the ancestral cuisine.
When I went paleo, I learned lots of ways to cook sweet potatoes, which by themselves uniquely satisfy both the desire for...
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word to big bird.
@profbacon - John Salwin
If Steve Jobs had called his company “Bacon” instead of “Apple,” he would still be alive today.
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day 3 wrap-up: four meats
today i reaped the rewards of a weekend of planning and cooking.
breakfast
omelet
Stumptown Ethiopian Sota; half+half
lunch
leftover meatloaf
apple
snack
beef jerky
dinner
homemade amazeballs chicken broth*
lamb shanks from yesterday
japanese sweet potato sauteed in duck fat**
small tangerine
*finest chicken broth i’ve ever made -so obvious that long simmering matters. this...
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“usually, when people get on paleo, they start shitting like a goose.”
– robb wolf, the paleo solution podcast #113.
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how could i *not* be feeling better?
me: day 2 in the bag. guess how many cookies less that means i ate in the previous 48 hours?
KS: 30?
me: i think four digits is probably closer.
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day 2 wrap-up
I’m sickly today, so that bone broth I was planning to make got bumped up in my schedule. I conveniently got it started just in time to keep my fool self up all night tending it.
Breakfast
Stumptown Ethiopian Sota; half+half
bacon
small tangerine
Midday
leftover meatloaf
Snack
small handful mixed unsalted nuts
Golden Nepal tea from McNulty’s
Dinner
Braised lamb shanks, hold...
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paleo faileo
if you lack imagination, cooking skills, and/or a real desire to break yourself of your carbohydrate addiction, by all means, make paleo pan/cup/tasty cakes.
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“fix your neck!”
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that’s what the teenaged waitress said to the owner’s son at the greek diner yesterday. he was in her face about something. she was half joking, but half menacing.
after a month of force-feeding myself nutritional crack, and justifying it by calling it “the holidays,”...
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December 2011
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48 hours til we say goodbye to all that →