For me food has always been deeply tied to my fundamental beliefs. My beliefs have made significant changes over the years and my beliefs about food have followed or in some cases lead. It is a journey. I started life in the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church. One thing SDAs are famous for is their vegetarian [...]
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My Food Journey (part 1)
Posted in faith, foodosophy on June 11, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Posted in books, foodosophy on April 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been hearing about The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan for quite some time now, so I finally picked up a copy at the library. The basic premise is that Michael takes us through his experience of four different meals ranging from a drive-through meal at McDonalds to a meal he hunted and foraged for [...]
Book Review: Real Food
Posted in books, foodosophy on February 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
During my vacation in Vermont I had some time to read Real Food by Nina Planck. My preconceived concept of this book was that it was basically a rehash of information from a number of other readily available sources. But, since I’m addicted to reading books about food and I was in need of a [...]
My Buddy Pete
Posted in foodosophy on January 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a big cheer for my buddy Pete Bishop. He’s giving up soda pop for a week to see how he feels. I talked to him on Sunday and he had been off soda for 5 days. He used to eat a meal once every day or two and sometimes would forget to eat because [...]
Book Review: Flour Power
Posted in baking, books, bread, foodosophy, milling on January 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In preparation for buying a new grain mill, I order a new book, Flour Power. As far as I can tell, this book has no competition. There are no other books out there covering this topic. It is loaded with information about how commercial flour is milled, what get’s destroyed, etc. It also tells you [...]
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Online
Posted in foodosophy on December 4, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I just discovered that you can read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration entirely on-line for free. This is an amazing book and worth reading. It is absolutely foundational for the way I cook.
Flavor Theory
Posted in foodosophy on November 20, 2006 | 2 Comments »
For many years I’ve had an interest in Chinese medicine and philosophy. The Chinese have an elemental cycle similar to the Greek elements of water, air, earth, and fire. The Chinese have a cycle of 5 elements, water, earth, fire, metal, and wood. The Chinese cycle focuses on the transitions between these elements rather than [...]
Weaning Your Family
Posted in foodosophy, kitchen logistics on November 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
At first I wondered how to move my family toward eating nourishing traditional foods. Case in point… One of my son’s favorite foods is boxed cold cereal. He would live on it if he could. I’m of the opinion that boxed cold cereal is one of the worst things you could possibly eat (see Dirty [...]
Corn Bread
Posted in baking, breakfasts, foodosophy on November 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I’ve made the Nourishing Traditions (NT) cornbread several times and really like the recipe. The key is that I use masa harina rather than using the technique of grinding whole dry corn kernels and then soaking them in yogurt and lime water. I’ve heard horror stories on the discussingnt Yahoo group about following those directions. [...]
Fermentation Information
Posted in fermentation, foodosophy on November 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I was doing a little research on fermentation (primarily of grains) and came across a really useful on-line booklet entitled, Fermented Cereals. A Global Perspective. Oddly enough, they also have Fermented Frutis and Vegetables. A Global Perspective (and yes, it was misspelled on the site). The Cereals book has a good overview of the health [...]
My Philosophy
Posted in foodosophy on October 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always been interested in healthy eating. That’s probably due to my Seventh-day Adventist upbringing, which I left behind. While I gave up the teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist church (especially vegetarianism), I did retain the Adventist interest in health. After a long journey through various teachings on diet, including such regimens as vegetarianism, low-fat, [...]
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