Food blogger, Carolyn Ketchum, will be signing her new book, The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen, at Third Place Books in Seattle, October 5th, at 7 to 9 PM PST. The address is 17171 Bothell Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98155. The store is in Lake Forest Park, not far from where I…
Some food writers achieve success beyond recipes and cookbooks. MFK Fisher. (1908-1992) for example, earned a place among the great American authors (How To Cook a Wolf, The Art of Eating, Consider The Oyster…). Nora Ephron (1941-2012), is another (Silkwood, I Feel Bad About My Neck, When Sally Met Harry,…
I am pleased to announce the birth of a great new resource to help you succeed with your healthful, low-carb lifestyle. Low Carb Direct is the brainchild of Esther Moller, who is part of the low-carb community in South Africa. They call themselves Banters after an English carpenter and undertaker named…
Jimmy Moore’s blockbuster book, Keto Clarity, (see my review here ) spelled out the advantages of burning fat for energy instead of sugar. It created a demand for a cookbook of Jimmy-approved recipes for those who want to try a strict ketogenic diet for weight loss and /or improved health. He made a…
THE LOW CARB DIETITIAN’S GUIDE TO HEALTH AND BEAUTY Did you ever wish you had your own personal dietitian to tell you what to eat? One who actually understood the science of nutrition and would customize her advice to fit your own personal needs and preferences? Quit dreaming; your…
How many times have you heard the argument that rice and noodles can’t be bad for you because those who live in Asian countries eat them as a staple food and they are slim and healthy? Read Kelly Peterson’s story and you will learn that a healthful diet is…
THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN KINDLE VERSION One look at the whimsical cover illustration makes it clear that this is going to be a fun read, not a dry discourse on biochemistry. Basically, The World Turned Upside Down, is the story of how we obtain energy from our environment, told…
KETO CLARITY The partnership between Jimmy Moore and Dr. Eric Westman reminds me a little of the relationship between Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley, who was known as “Darwin’s Bulldog.” Darwin provided the science; Huxley defended and popularized it. Jimmy is more like a big, lovable, puppy dog than…
If you had to eat just one food every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? That’s not a hard choice for me. This is it. Ingredients: 1 (1 and 1/2 pound) pork belly, about half lean, with a thick layer of fat on top Dry…
The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz This remarkable book should finally lay the lipid hypotheses of heart disease to rest. We’ve been embroiled in this unnecessary war on fat for far too long. It may take generations before we see the last…
I’m happy to report that two new cookbooks from the Low-Carbing Among Friends series are available for order! All the books in the series are low-carb, sugar-free, and gluten-free. In response to popular requests, the new books have some changes. We still have an amazing group of writers and recipe developers, but the team now…
Susie T. Gibbs, aka Fluffy Chix, cracks me up. This funny girl from Houston just honored me with a review of Nourished on her blog! Don’t miss the chance to enjoy a look-around while you are on her site. (My favorite of her post titles: I Fought the Slaw and the Slaw Won.) I’m sure you…
Let Amazon help you with your Christmas shopping! My book, Nourished; a Cookbook for Health, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Balance, is being featured as part of an Amazon promotion. If you buy the paperback version, or if you already bought it, you can get the Kindle for only $2.99. You can…
Sugar Love was the subject of the August, 2013 issue of National Geographic. It is indeed sweet to finally see a major publication echoing the message some of us have been preaching for years! When I wrote Carb Wars; Sugar is the New Fat, in 2007, I was called a extremist…
Cholesterol got a bad rap. The evidence continues to accumulate that cholesterol is not the villain it is made out to be, but is actually part of your body’s defense system against the real killers: chronic inflammation, the lack of good, natural fats, and stress. Dr. Dwight Lundell, one of…
