My recent blog post, The Ancestral Food Fridge: Staples of a Traditional Diet breaks down what you’re likely to find in an ancestral foodie’s fridge. As I was writing it I thought it would be really timely to give you, … Read More
I’m endlessly curious about people. I love them and I love food, so looking into a household fridge is something that I get quite excited about. You can find out so much by just by pulling back a refrigerator door … Read More
Back in 2020, when I started putting what I cooked online, not many people had heard of eating ancestrally In the six years I’ve been writing here and the five years I’ve been producing Ancestral Kitchen Podcast, the phrases ancestral … Read More
I grew up with porridge (what us Brits call oatmeal). My steaming bowl of breakfast, made with rolled oats, warmed many a dark morning. As a child, I thought this was hearty British food, and was completely unaware that oats … Read More
There are many types of oats on the market. The choice, and their different names, can be confusing. This article explains the difference between two of them – rolled oats and oatmeal. It also illuminates the history of both types … Read More
Do you love bread but struggle with gluten? Rye sourdough might offer you the chance to enjoy bread again. This post shares how rye is different to wheat, what the sourdough process does to make bread more digestible and explains … Read More
I’ve been baking exclusively with ancient grains for over a decade, and regularly hear these questions: Why should I bake with ancient grains? What’s wrong with modern wheat? How are ancient grains different from wheat? What do I need to … Read More
One of the common criticisms I hear of ancestral eating is that it romanticises the past. I am often chastised for idealising the food lives of our ancestors. People tell me that I’m wearing rose-tinted glasses, continuing with phrases such … Read More
Ancestral eating is a fairly modern term and one that I’ve seen confused in many places. In a previous article I defined what ancestral eating is; here, after reading several articles that mis-define ancestral eating, I thought I’d explore what … Read More
The world of collagen and gelatin has been very hyped and, for some time it confused me! I kept seeing words like ‘peptides’ and ‘hydrolysed’, I realised there were many different types and sources of collagen and I didn’t know … Read More