What I learnt about raw ingredients

I was envisaging this phase being a time to find more about flavor by taking cooking out of the equation. I had this romantic vision of experiencing raw food and l would learn so much more about flavor combinations and so on. Raw vegan is no joke. I was eating literally all day long. I …

Exploring fat

Fat gets a bad rap. I will be experimenting in this first phase using different animal fats to see what flavors and properties each can impart. They are by nature predominantly saturated. Depending on who you ask, what day it is and the color of their socks, these are either heart disease-causing cholesterol-raising lipids or …

The Food Diet Challenge

This is the challenge I have set myself for the next thirty days. --- Phase one: Classical Carnivorous Diet, exploring fats. Fire. Phase two: Ovolacto-carnivorous Diet, exploring cultures. Earth. Phase three: Paleo keto Omnivorous Diet, exploring balance. Quintessence: Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Raw. Phase four: Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, exploring grains. Air. Phase five: Vegan diet, exploring …

Taking a journey

Daddy Alsum started an incredibly brave, and distinctively difficult journey today. In fact, we all have - the kids and myself included. Daddy Alsum will be spending the next four weeks in treatment away from the family. He reached a pivotal moment in his life, particularly regarding his mental health. As part of this time, …

Water, water everywhere

...but, which drop to drink? Our kiddos slept over at Grandpa and Grandma's house last night. Lark has previously had sleepovers with them (and without us), but this was Hart's first time. We headed down to Seattle early this morning in order to pick up the final component for our Pacific Northwest cheeseburger - which …