The other day, I had a very important guest and his date over for dinner. He is part of a team of pioneers in the world of upper cervical chiropractic, and he was here in the Bay Area teaching a seminar on Advanced Orthogonal technique. His name is Dr. Stan Pierce, Jr. My dear friend,…
I got the question the other day, and I guess the answer would be, “It depends.” My real food journey began back in high school, when I started experimenting with eliminating gluten, sugar, and dairy in an attempt to clear my body of eczema. How I did a modified version of the GAPS diet by…
I’ve been mourning the lack of bone broth lately. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, I’ve been scrambling to find grass fed beef and lamb, and pastured poultry. I was finally able to order a whole lamb and 1/2 cow at a good price, but it will be a little bit of a…
I started trying to incorporate more gelatin into our lives after I learned about all the benefits from it. Of course, we get some naturally-occurring gelatin in our bone broth, but since we don’t drink broth all the time, I like to find creative ways to incorporate more gelatin into our diet. Gelatin is high…
Pho, or Vietnamese noodle soup, has gained much popularity in the U.S. over the last couple of decades. The big cities on the west coast, populated with so many Asian immigrants and with a constant influx of tourists, have turned pho into a hip, cool dish to eat. Many of my school friends would have…
Last weekend, Frank and I drove down to southern Alabama to visit the Elliott’s. It was so lovely to see them again. I actually met Shaye through her blog, and now we’ve become real life friends. I’m so thankful for the amazing friends the Internet has brought me through blogging. Shaye fed us some amazing…