The Power of Go-To Meals

November 25, 2011

Who can be bothered to learn how to cook? I mean, most cookbooks could double as boat anchors. They contain hundreds (if not thousands) of instructions, all of which seem to demand that you to track down obscure ingredients and learn some difficult new cooking technique. The thought of learning how to prepare a few […]

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How to Minimize (NOT Avoid) Holiday Weight Gain

November 18, 2011

It’s that time of year again! Rum-spiked egg nog, reruns of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and meals of the most ginormous proportions. I’ve always loved this time of the season. Growing up in northern Minnesota, the winters were long, cold, and dark. But the holidays always cycled around like a beacon of light each year. […]

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To Snack… or Not to Snack

November 11, 2011

Snacking may very well be the most overrated dietary strategy out there today. Okay, okay. Maybe I’m overstating things a LITTLE bit, but many people force themselves into a habit of snacking when there really is no good reason to, and they may be doing more harm than good. Although there are some contexts where […]

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Embracing Uncertainty In a Certain World

November 4, 2011

We humans like things to be straightforward. Black and white, with no shades of gray. To conform with the traditional theories of logic that trace back to Aristotle. But in real life, we can only wish to be so lucky. Try as we might to make rational sense of the world we live in and […]

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The Tao of Hunting: In Defense of the Most Ethical Food

October 28, 2011

Vast fields punctuated by lonely trees. A golden retriever starts running in a random zig zag, sniffing the ground in front of him. Like a thunderclap, a rooster pheasant flutters up and away into the setting sun. Last week, I travelled to North Dakota to go bird hunting with my dad and his two dogs, […]

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168 Hours–Between a Clock and a Hard Place

October 21, 2011

“I cannot believe I’m still alive. I should have died days ago. Without any task or stimulus, I’m no longer living, no longer surviving. I’m just waiting. I have nothing whatsoever to do. Only in action does my life approximate anything more than existence. Miserable, I watch another empty hour pass by.” -Aron Ralston, Between […]

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The Five Failings of Paleo

October 14, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a 24 Hour Fitness, you’ve probably noticed that this whole Paleo thing is blowing up in a big way. From the New York Times to ABC Nightline and the Atlantic to Dr. Oz, eating like a caveman has never been more in the public eye, and it shows no sign of slowing […]

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