Free The Animal

To say that I’ve grown weary of endless debates and criticisms of various approaches within a whole, real food approach to diet is an understatement. I’ve always been about promoting anything that’s “Pretty Good,” and not about slamming everything that may have errors, some “bad science,” too much marketing—you name it. The problem with the [...]

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Yesterday morning I already knew I was doing pork chops sous vide for six that night. I just didn’t know which recipe to use. I’ve done them SV different ways before (here and here and here), but wanted to do something different. …Way back when Drs. Mike & Mary Dan Eades unveiled the new SousVide Supreme at [...]

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  My other indulgence yesterday, whilst in my dark cave watching Breaking Bad with all means of communication shut off, was a single serving-sized bag of Bugles. I don’t know whether for lack of attention or that they just have not been around enough to grab attention, but I recall as a kid that they came [...]

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After a couple of days banging away on theory, time to once again revert to the practical. You know my ethic of the hack: make it highly palatable and rewarding, trust the potato to do its job. So let’s get right to it. I’d already shown you the mashed potatoes and then the hash browns [...]

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Both my wife & I grew up eating a fair amount of liver & onions, often along with fried potatoes. It’s a big chore and a big mess. My mother’s method calls for everything to be fried in bacon fat, and you need a lot. If you don’t have enough, you have to fry up [...]

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