August 2012
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Dave Wendel's Flank Steak Roulade
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Dave Wendel to Nom Nom Paleo as a guest blogger. Unlike yours truly, Dave’s a classically trained chef who earned his chops at what Paul Bocuse called “the best culinary school in the world,” so you know he’s got the goods.
Dave has graciously agreed to share his flank steak roulade recipe (and step-by-step photos!) with us, and...
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A Week of Paleo School Lunches! (Part 5 of 5)
We all made it to the end of the week without packing any Lunchables, Doritos, or gummy-fruit-candy-thingies into our kids’ school lunches, right?
Even if you did sneak some Frankenfoods into that My Little Pony lunch box, don’t sweat it — there’s always next week. Don’t get too caught up in Paleo Perfectionism. Just keep moving in the right direction, and make it...
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A Week of Paleo School Lunches! (Part 4 of 5)
Three down, two to go!
Yes, that’s right: We still have a couple more lunches to make before the weekend kicks off. By the middle of the week, I’m sure we’re all getting tired of packing meals, but we’re in this together, right?
Besides, I promise this lunch won’t take more than 10 minutes to whip up, and you can put it all together the night before. I love sleeping...
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A Week of Paleo School Lunches! (Part 3 of 5)
It’s like clockwork: As the weather turns chilly, my kids start bugging me for hot lunches at school. I know — those little guys are so entitled.
Good thing I’ve got a hearty and comforting meal that can be quickly assembled in the morning.
Wednesday’s Lunch: Zoodles & Meatballs with Pineapple and Strawberry Kabobs.
Start by using your handy-dandy julienne...
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A Week of Paleo School Lunches! (Part 2 of 5)
Whose kids work themselves into a snit when their lunch foods commingle?
Mine! Mine! Mine!
I get where they’re coming from. As a young lass, I’d freak out upon opening my lunchbox and discovering that my fruit had slid into a pile of chicken. I think we can all agree that strawberries shouldn’t taste like salty bird.
Luckily, we’ve got a couple of LunchBots...
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A Week of Paleo School Lunches! (Part 1 of 5)
With summer at an end, our kids are already heading back to school, eager (sort of) to cram their heads full of Very Important Knowledge and Valuable Life Skills, like the capital of Maine, the square root of 9, and how to run away from bullies. (Answers: Augusta, who cares?, and as fast as humanly possible.)
But how should we, as parents, fuel our children’s brains and bodies for the...
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Dining Out: Pok Pok Noi (Portland, OR)
I love filling my head with information about food writing, the business of blogging, and the intricacies of e-publishing as much as the next blogger…
…but being confined in a stuffy conference room for two days straight is making me downright batty.
A small pack of us happily broke away at lunchtime to chow at Pok Pok Noi (the smaller, abridged version of the original Pok Pok),...
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Portland Eats: Stumptown, Cultured Caveman, Crave...
With limited time in Portland, I knew I had to start working my way through my gastronomic to-do list before the International Food Bloggers Conference began in earnest.
First thing in the morning, Cheryl and I made a pilgrimage to Stumptown Coffee Roasters, the coffee mecca of the Pacific Northwest. Sadly, my inability to read a map properly made our path to java nirvana more circuitous than...
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Portlandia & Dinner at Ned Ludd (8/23/12)
I should be elated to jet off to a food mecca like Portland, but the guilt is gnawing at me. The night before my solo trip, my normally stoic little boys went to bed with big tears rolling down their cheeks. Between choked sobs, they turned their puppy-dog eyes to me and demanded that I stay home. Ai-ya.
“Weird. They don’t seem to mind when I leave on business trips,” my...
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Paleo Eats: 8/22/12
The beauty of sleeping in pitch-black bedrooms is that we all sleep very soundly at night. The only problem? We overslept again this morning, leaving ourselves just fifteen minutes to hustle Big-O off to school. (I guess a simple remedy would be to go to bed earlier, but when else am I going to have time to blog except after the kiddos hit the sack?)
Once the boys were watered and fertilized, I...
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Paleo Eats: 8/21/12
Before I recount what I ate, I want to wish my parents a happy anniversary! Those two lovebirds have been together for 43(!) years and they’re still going strong. Love you, mom and dad! Okay — enough mushiness. Back to the eats…
The morning got off to a late start. Big-O’s supposed to be in school by 8:15, but we didn’t roll out of bed until 7:40. Ugh.
After...
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Paleo Eats: 8/20/12
I is back!
Most people mourn the end of summer vacation, but I was high-fiving other parents after Henry and I dropped the Double-Os off at school. It’s not exactly a prison break, but those few hours of freedom each weekday during the school year keep me sane.
With the kids getting their brains stuffed with math and whatever, I’m finally able to commit to a twice-weekly schedule at...
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Last Day in Massachusetts & Neptune Oyster...
Our last day at Clark Farm started just like the others, with an egg-ceptional breakfast! (Punny, right? RIGHT?!? Actually, I hate puns.)
I already miss my daily meal of farm-fresh eggs, kraut, and sausages.
We begrudgingly crammed our belongings into our luggage while wistfully peeking out the windows at the peaceful tableau outside.
Meanwhile, the kids conspired to hide the Double-Os....
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A Day at the Beach & Dinner at Woodman's of Essex,...
Oh, how I miss being in the country. The beauty of Clark Farm is unparalleled, don’t you think?
Last Sunday started at the crack of dawn, when the roosters started crowing and the boys barreled down the stairs like a herd of buffalo.With AHS ‘12 in the books, Henry and I finally had time to hang out on the farm with the Rodgers family.
We were expecting Bill, Hayley, and Diane...
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AHS '12 Day Three & Dinner at Bondir (8/11/12)
The one awesome thing about being totally behind on my daily posts? I can take a breather from photographing my eats this week. And that means I can eat quick, ugly, hot meals! Huzzah!
Now, let’s climb into the DeLorean and activate the flux capacitor.
Last Saturday in Carlisle, Massachusetts, we all woke up groggy, having stayed up waaay past our bedtimes frolicking at the previous...
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Clark Farm & The Sustainable Feast in the Barn
When our friend Diana Rodgers (of Radiance Nutrition and Sustainable Dish) invited us to stay on her family’s farm, we couldn’t say “YES!” fast enough. This was a chance to not only to spend time with Diana, Andrew, and their adorable kids, but also to see up-close how and where good food is grown. Plus, the Double-Os would be able to roam around on the farm while we...
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AHS'12 Day Two (8/10/12)
Yeesh. We got home from Boston late last night, and I’m already feeling the crush of all sorts of work-related and mommy duties to tackle — not to mention a backlog of several days worth of posts to write.
Well, I guess I best get crackin’. Let’s pick up where we left off: Last Friday.
As you’ll recall, we were staying as the guests of Diana and Andrew Rodgers on...
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AHS '12 Day One (8/9/12)
Morning on the farm! The kids have been up for hours and already: (1) performed meaningful chores around the farm, (2) ate a big breakfast of eggs and cantaloupe, and (3) caught a catfish at the pond.
Gotta run to Day Two of AHS, so no time to post in depth about Day One. Here are just a few snapshots from yesterday.
Here’s the incredible breakfast that Diana made us:
And...
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Paleo Eats: 8/8/12 (From NY to CT to MA)
Our day started in the concrete jungle of Manhattan…
…and ended in rural Carlisle, Massachusetts.
Want to see how we got from point A to point B?
This morning, we packed up our dirty laundry and hit the road. On our way to pick up a rental car, we wandered through the Union Square Greenmarket and marveled at all the stands selling local, pastured meats and veggies.
If we...
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Paleo Eats: 8/7/12 (One Lucky Duck, Shake Shack, &...
Since arriving in NYC, we’ve had meal after meal after meal after meal of meat, so we woke up craving vegetables somethin’ fierce. After researching nearby options, we trudged over to One Lucky Duck, a shoebox-sized raw vegan take-out place just a block from our hotel.
You read that right: RAW VEGAN. Hear me out before you run away screaming.
We split an enormous pumpkin seed and...
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Paleo Eats: 8/6/12 (The Breslin & Minetta Tavern...
This morning, we woke up late and headed over to The Breslin to devour another meat-centric meal.
We’ve eaten in this dimly-lit, saloon-like restaurant in the Ace Hotel before, and from past experience, we’ve detected some surliness from the staffers. Nonetheless, the breakfast at the Breslin may be my favorite in the city.
If you order the full English breakfast (fried eggs,...
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Dining Out: Takashi (New York City, New York)
Takashi’s been on my restaurant wish list ever since I read a glowing review in the New Yorker a while back. Raw offal? Check! Liver, heart, and sweetbreads? Yum! Grilled first, second, and fourth stomach? I’m there!
How could I possibly pass up a meat mecca with a menu offering “beef, all beef, and nothing but beef”?
This teeny yakiniku — or Japanese barbecue...
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Paleo Eats: 8/5/12 (New York City, New York)
Melting in a muggy subway station is not my favorite way to start the day…
…but we were meeting Jennifer and JC for brunch and the L train was the quickest way…
…to connect the dots.
Sidney had recommended dell’Anima as a tried and true place to get eggy entrées, and I always trust my twin.
The kids split a fruit salad…
…scrambled...
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Dining Out Paleo: Fette Sau (Brooklyn, NY)
Before I had kids, I was an unabashed gastrotourist. In Italy, I was more interested in visiting Cibreo or Enoteca Pinchiorri than in ogling Michelangelo’s David. In Japan, I didn’t want to do any shopping; I was there to hunt down some good shojin-ryori. Forget seeing the sights — I preferred getting lost in the Tsukiji Fish Market (and eating my way out). Even after having...
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Paleo Eats: 8/1/12
I recently mentioned on the Balanced Bites Podcast that I didn’t always love to cook. Even now, kitchen duty can sometimes be a chore. But I’ve always been a gastronome — a lover of good food — and like most people, I’d much rather eat someone else’s culinary inventions than my own.
When I was a kid, that “someone else” was my mom. Later, my super-chef sister...
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Paleo Eats: 7/31/12
I’m suffering from writer’s block again. After working another night shift and scrambling after the kids during my waking hours, this old lady’s synapses are battered and fried. My neural transmissions are sludgy. Words…not…come.
I don’t want this acute malady to turn chronic, so I need either a brain transplant or some much needed rest. And unfortunately,...
