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Austin is for Paleos on February 12, 2012
The speakers to have graced the Austin Primal Living Group with their presence and knowledge keep getting better and better! Indeed, I just got back from today’s meetup, which saw Dr. Amy Myers speak to us about the role of diet in autoimmune disease at our favorite venue, Efficient Exercise. We didn’t record the talk [...]
Recursive Cauliflower
on February 05, 2012
This plant is so mathematically beautiful that I actually got better at math when I ate it.
For the curious, it's a Romanesco broccoli that I got from Johnson's Backyard Garden.
The Paleo Why-It on February 03, 2012
It’s no secret that the ancestral health community is full of punsters, but I think I just took the steak with that one. I’d say that I was on a roll except I don’t eat ‘em. It’s not that I’m against baked goods or anything—I happen to love bake-un, as a matter of fat. Wait, [...]
Paleo Disobedience on February 02, 2012
I wanted to highlight a few supposedly paleo things that I had to stop doing recently because they were visibly detrimental to my health. These include things that most paleos believe to be good; and also some things that over-enthusastic newbies will dogmatically push on others because one of the paleo apostles happened to have [...]
No More Meatalomania on January 26, 2012
I haven’t written about the paleo diet in a while, and I think we’re due for another refresh. Paleo is all the buzz in Austin since PaleoFX is coming to the Stark Center in mid-March. I’m not sure how much I can say beyond what you can find out for yourself on the website since [...]
Paleo Diet on May 25, 2011
I tried writing this essay about a month ago, but ended up veering off into some strange territory, accentuated by a massive clothing donation to Goodwill, an excursion into minimalist philosophy, and—ten paragraphs later—finally mentioning Primal/Paleo. This wasn’t the only false start either: I appear to have put off these kinds of introspective pursuits in favor of hedonistic or practical pursuits, and it seems that guitar, windsurfing, and involvement with the local food community have been filling the same gaps that, say, sitting down and blasting out a blog post used to occupy.
However, now I find myself sitting in a Firestone waiting for my car wheels to get balanced, so let this be my opportunity to finally get some thoughts about my Paleo-anniversary out.
I’ve been Paleo for over a year now in name, but I must admit that a lot of this year has been bumbling and experimenting; in fact, for the first months that I started a Paleo diet, it was probably akin to a Fa...
read moreThe New-look Paleo on May 25, 2011
So it’s been quite a while since I posted anything, and I feel like I owe you guys a big update. As always, I have lots to talk about, but recently I’ve fallen out of the writing mood in favor of other hobbies and endeavors. I think it also helps that I have friends in [...]
Yuck Tongue! No, wait, YAK Tongue!
on May 18, 2011
BRING BACK THE YAK!!
Culinary Consternation on January 04, 2011
My posts have been nothing but big blocks of text recently, so I thought I’d spruce things up a bit by writing on a topic that lends itself to a couple of pictures: cooking! Granted, the past few posts could have been appropriately adorned with shirtless body shots of myself, but who wants to see [...]
2010: A Primal Retrospective on December 28, 2010
Although I’ve been Primal for almost 8 months now, I’ve pretty much approached it in an intuitive manner this entire time. I read some of the introductory stuff by Loren Cordain at http://www.thepaleodiet.com, and it just “clicked” for me. In fact, it made so much intuitive sense, that I never bothered to double-check with any [...]
Veggie Meatza on October 08, 2010
Today I want to introduce you to the delight known as Veggie Meatza. Actually, I’m not sure whether others also know it as this. They may just call it “some meat with veggies on top” or something equally tasteless. But you, my loyal reader, will take after me and start calling this recipe “Veggie Meatza,” [...]
North Beach at Padre Island National Seashore
on May 30, 2010
