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Pizza Confusion
My friend, Heather, and I had high hopes as we set out to review a new restaurant: Pizza Fusion. They call themselves the “greenest restaurant in America”. They use tables made from reclaimed wood sources, counter tops made from recycled glass bottles, paint without VOCs (volatile organic chemicals). More than…
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A review of Bacon’s Heir: Pork Clouds
Do love crunchy stuff? Are you looking for a zero carb high-protein snack or a gluten-free, grain-free breading for vegetables, chicken or fish? Sure, you can use blanched almond flour and/or coconut flour, arrowroot, or tapioca starch to bread foods before baking or for the occasional fried treat, but if…
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The Burger’s New Friend: Parsnip Fries!
Root vegetables rarely get the attention they deserve and parsnips are no exception. They make a great alternative to French fries, seasoned with herbs or spices and roasted in the oven. I was reminded of this last night when a friend roasted a pan full of parsnip sticks, carrot sticks,…
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Organic Goodness at the Phoenix Food Court
Over the past five years, the food truck trend has taken off in foot-friendly cities from Los Angles to San Francisco and from Portland to New York City. The movement has attracted mainstream and gourmet eaters, chefs, and entrepreneurs alike, including advocates of fresh, locally grown, and organic produce. By…
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How to Cook an Ostrich Egg
I love eggs, have since I was a child. Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, poached eggs, hard boiled eggs, deviled (I call them Angeled) eggs, omelets. Besides chicken eggs, I’ve tried duck, quail, goose, and emu eggs, even Chinese 1000 year eggs, which incidentally aren’t 1000 years old. What I hadn’t…
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Tahini-Olive Dressing & Your Chance to Win a Copy of Primal Blueprint Sauces
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog (I know it can be difficult with so many blogs to follow and so many emails coming into your in box daily and all of the other things you want to fit into a day), you might have seen my recent, but…
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A Review of The Ancestral Table: Traditional Recipes for a Paleo Lifestyle
The Ancestral Table: Traditional Recipes for a Paleo Lifestyle by acclaimed home chef and paleo blogger Russ Crandall is a glorious celebration of history and heritage of traditional and gourmet cuisines from around the world. The recipes (all gluten-free), easily accessible to both novice and experienced cooks and chefs and…
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Dinner with Todd & Felicia
I had incredibly delicious meal this past week. I didn’t have to plan it, shop for ingredients, prepare it, or even wash the dishes. I had dinner with two new friends and their four children. I met Felicia and Todd at PrimalCon, Mark Sisson’s primal diet and fitness conference in…
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Nourished Butter & Bone Broth
Maybe you’ve heard about the benefits of Bone Broth (aka Bone-Building Broth), Ghee made from the fat skimmed from the milk of pasture-raised cows, and Compound Butter, but do you have the time to make them? If not, there’s an easy solution if you live in the Phoenix metro area!…
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