I eat a lot of eggs. For the past couple of years, I have started almost every day with some form of cooked egg. So I've had a lot of time to experiment with different ways of making them. I have found the easiest, quickest, most tasty way of making scrambled eggs that results in…
Category: Food and Drink
The 2017 SF Kouign Amann Tour: b. Patisserie versus Craftsman and Wolves!
Last weekend I organized the second annual San Francisco Kouign Amann Tour. When I put out the word that I was organizing a tour, there was a huge burst of enthusiasm and related emoji from my friends. In the end, we had a hungry group of eight pastry-nerds assembled. But where to go? Last year,…
Study of 135K Individuals Concludes High Carb Diet Linked to Higher Mortality
Here's something to make you reconsider that bowl of pasta. The largest global study looking at environmental, societal and biological influences on obesity and chronic health conditions just released their findings, and it doesn't look good for carb-based diets. Led by co-investigators Drs. Salim Yusuf and Koon Teo at McMaster University, this mega study of…
Less Coffee = More Energy
About 2 months ago, I was noticing a significant energy drop at around 2-3pm everyday which was bothering me. I had cut out heavy, carb-filled lunches, ate little to no sugar, got a decent amount of sleep (7-8 hours a night.) And still I was struggling to stay away in the late afternoons without external…
Health Check: Eating and Climbing More, Some Weight Gain
It's been awhile since I've done a general health check-in here. Overall, things are going really great. I'm feeling fit, eating smart, and keeping active. I spent a lot of the Summer training for a couple of dance competitions I was in. I recorded some of my lowest weight since I started tracking them a…
Taste Test: The Beast Burger vs the Beyond Burger
A couple of weeks ago, I got my hands on the Beyond Burger by the company Beyond Meat, purported to be one of the most meat-like veggie burgers on the market. Check out my review if you haven't read it yet. The short version is that I enjoyed it a lot! This week, I got…
Taste Test: Korean Fish Sausage
I saw these adorable looking sausage-y things in a Korean market on Fillmore and had to try them. I love fish cake. I like things in sausage form. Could be delish! Look at how happy those kids look! According to BuyKorea.org, this "fish sausage brand" from ChunHaJangSa "carries the history of Korea’s premium fish sausages. It…
Taste Test: the Beyond Burger
Today I tried the "Beyond Burger", a vegan product that purports to be the most beef-like mass-market veggie burger out there. The Beyond Burger is the flagship product of Beyond Meat, a company aiming to "create mass-market solutions that perfectly replace animal protein with plant protein." They also make chicken strips (which my cousin swears…
Asian Sweet Potato Noodles with Kale and Pine Nuts (recipe)
I love my spiralizer. It turns veggies into paleo-friendly noodles in minutes. And everything is better with noodles. I recently discovered sweet potato noodles and now they are my new favorite thing. Sweet potatoes are full of awesome vitamins, just a little sweet, very filling, and part of most paleo diet plans. Here's a recipe…
Trying Luwak “Cat Poop Coffee”
As a big coffee nerd, I was so excited when my sister and brother-in-law came back from Indonesia with some fresh beans for me. The crown jewel was a small bag of precious kopi luwak, which has been called the "most expensive coffee in the world." What makes luwak so amazing (and costly) isn't the…