In the GAPS healing protocol, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride recommends that we get obtain our nourishment from whole foods sources, and in general is very mistrustful of supplementation with isolated vitamins and minerals. Supplements that she does regularly prescribe are fish oil, cod liver oil and iodine, when needed. Iodine is a non metallic mineral that… [Continue reading]
Recipes
Moroccan Carrot Salad with Cumin and Garlic
I love cookbooks and have a large collection. These days it’s convenient to find plenty of excellent recipes on-line, but I still enjoy cookbooks. Even though I have many, there are a few that I return to again and again. One of my favorites authors is Claudia Roden, who was born and raised in Egypt… [Continue reading]
Walk-Away Roast Chicken and Vegetables
Every once in awhile, I make a dish that everyone thinks is so delicious, that they eagerly ask me for the recipe. This particular very simple roast chicken invariably gets that response. It’s because it is really so yummy. I often make it for my dinner guests, and their intense desire to acquire the recipe… [Continue reading]
The Best Breakfast Ever: The GAPS Milkshake
A copy of the New Yorker magazine from mid November has been sitting on my bedside table, waiting for me to get around to reading an article about Steve Jobs by Malcolm Gladwell (author of Blink and The Tipping Point) called “The Tweaker”. I have a passion for all things Apple, and mourned the recent death… [Continue reading]
Secret Ingredient: Gribenes
I’d heard about my oldest friend Betsy’s other best friend, Richard, for years before I met him in person last weekend. I traveled from Boston to Durham, NC, and Richard from Kansas, for a party Betsy and her husband Tom were hosting. Richard is the most skilled cook I ever met; he chops vegetables like… [Continue reading]
