This blog is about the intersection between evolutionary biology and food. But also about practical applications, sustainable agriculture, and general tasty things. I originally started eating this way to heal from chronic health problems and...it worked!
Melissa McEwen
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My Diet: Good, local, whole foods. Mostly meat, fish, and vegetables with some traditional whole grains and legumes.
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Swedish
03/05/2011 - 11:56
Yesterday I was reminded of this shrimp dish I ate in Stockholm when I was reading Anne's Blog, an excellent Swedish food blog. I don't know why, but I encountered such shrimp + lime + colorful vegetables/fruits recipes in Sweden. This dish had mango, chili, scallions, and lime. Last night I made a variation of it with chili-garlic paste, ginger juice, mango, kiwi, lime, shredded dried coconut, a little dash of coconut aminos and some wild shrimp. Unfortunately, wild shrimp is quite expensive here and not exactly local. I might try this with local scallops next time, though my secret dream is to buy a giant warehouse and raise freshwater prawns in NYC.
My new favorite ingredient is ginger juice. I always used to buy ginger and not be able to use all of it before it shriveled up. But ginger juice is a great way to get all that flavor without much work. I'm also a big fan of chili garlic paste, which is called Sambal Oelek at the local Indonesian markets. I know it's cheaper to just buy ginger and chilies and chop them myself, but I've been so swamped with work lately that these ingredients are a must.
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07/20/2010 - 21:26
So far I'm waiting for tests to come back. It's been crappy. So far some candidates include lyme disease and genetic hypotension. Some books I have been reading lately include:
Wild Health: Great read, a good exoneration of plants, which kind of get bashed a lot in the paleo world
Sex at Dawn: Kind of a naughty book. I'm not sure I agree with all of the author's points, but it's certainly thought provoking.
Dark Summit: Harrowing story of Mt Everest's deadly 2006 season.
Possum Living: A rather odd guide to living off of nothing. Regardless of the feasibility of the author's advice, it's certainly a book with character...
The End of Overeating: Honestly, a little boring, but interesting to see that many of the things counted as "fatty meat" in studies are injected with hydrolyzed soy protein and sugar, wrapped in refined carbs, and fried in rancid PUFAs....
Pandora's Seed: Kind of redundent if you've already read Jared Diamond or any other stone age anthropology, but a fairly decent introduction to the idea of using our ancestors as models for our modern life.
I'm planning to write full reviews of most of these as well! Got any more good book recs? Let me know in the comments?
Dance Break:
Ja jag, kan tänka mig ett liv som på stenåldern
Yes, I can imagine a life of the Stone Age
Utan pengar, neanderthal, vi glömmer bort och börjar om igen
Without money, neanderthal, we forget and start all over again
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