The Bacon Lady reveals her secret on living to 105 (hint: bacon). Here’s the great Burgess Meredith scene from Grumpier Old Men, one of my favorite modern comedies.

The Coca-Cola anti-obesity campaign has been a laughingstock, especially in the ancestral health and traditional food communities. The initial ad launch by Coca-Cola was mocked in this spot with a custom voiceover. Now Coca-Cola Spain has produced an ad titled, ‘What if we stand up?” In this ad, the chairs are in control, and if [...]

The Wall Street Journal ran a great article last week by Ron Rosenbaum: “Let Them Eat Fat.” The hysterical crusade against fat has become a veritable witch hunt. With New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s ban on supersize sodas (now temporarily thwarted) and the first lady’s campaign to push leaves and twigs (i.e., salad) on [...]

Or so stated the US government in its WWII propaganda pre-federal food pyramid days. What’s funny is that the message is not “lean” meats or “egg whites.” Just meat and eggs. Fat for victory? According to many recent stories, the state’s paid killers are too fat to fight, thanks to decades of the government’s food dictates, hyper-promotion [...]

As if making a crappy sandwich for your child’s lunch every day isn’t lazy enough, it gets better: now there’s a sandwich in a … can? Yes, Candwich. The company refers to this as a “healthy lunch and snack food for kids.” So what is it – a lunch (meal) or a snack food? On [...]

I experimented with a Moroccan Lamb Heart Kabob recipe. I marinated the lamb heart in cayenne pepper, cumin, pepper, salt, paprika, raw coconut vinegar, and sesame oil for 8 hours. I put it on a skewer with some pepper chunks and grilled it on the Weber. The taste and texture was incredible. I am already [...]

Dr. Robert Lustig’s new book is out: “Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease.” Here is a January 11, 2013 interview with the author on NPR that is well worth the half hour of listening. Dr. Lustig’s 90-minute talk on YouTube, “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” is also an excellent informational video, which is [...]

Bone marrow is a very wonderful yet unappreciated food here in America. Mostly, Americans will say, “You eat what?” Less for them is not necessarily a bad thing – it means more for me, and at prices that are pretty economical. Bone marrow is popular in Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, and French cultures. I work with [...]

For all of the holiday cooking that takes place, one wonderful skill to learn this time of year is how to properly butcher a whole chicken. I spent time this year learning to better wield a knife in the kitchen in terms of meat preparation. There is so much to learn about this art, but for [...]

Coffee good, coffee bad, coffee good, coffee bad. The studies twist back-and-forth. Many demonize caffeine, while others embrace its mild doping effects. Coffee is beneficial in so many ways. I understand where my coffee beans come from, unlike the perverted beverages of the Big Food complex. If you’re on a road trip, you may respond [...]