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Ancestral Kitchen#126 - Living Like a Human with Tara Couture of Slowdown FarmsteadWhen Alison and I were starting this podcast, she asked who was on my dream list of people to talk to. I said Tara Couture of Slowdown Farmstead and today that is what happened. In an incredibly long and appropriately slow morning we sat down together to talk for the first time and it was like visiting with an old friend I had waited a very long time to see again. Tara once shared her life on Instagram and I followed her avidly there, listening to her wisdom both practical and philosophical on butchery and growing and shifting, and...
2026-02-161h 56Ancestral Kitchen#122 - Why We Eat Local & Farm-Friendly FoodWhy eat local? What if it isn’t easy? What if the things I want aren't available? What's the point? Alison and I have both considered these questions for ourselves and factored them into decisions that we’ve made about how we live our everyday lives. We didn’t make the changes overnight, and we don’t even suggest people do so. After the many books we have read, the real-life experiences we have had, and guests we have interviewed on the subject of factory farming vs humane peasant farming, we have come to some conclusions about eating local that mig...
2025-12-151h 20Ancestral Kitchen#121 - 24 More Nuggets of Ancestral Wisdom!Back in episode 117, we gave you 26 nuggets of ancestral wisdom. We’ve got more. Another 24 to be precise. And just because these are in this second episode doesn’t mean they are any less important!Over the next hour, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, with cups of tea in our hands we'll be channelling our great-grandma wisdom and bringing you some ancestral truths relating to food, creativity, family, health, work and life.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *One Earth Health make the grass-fed organ supplements we use and trust. Get 15% off your first order here and 5% off all...
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The Fab Over Forty ShowThe Wake-Up Call EpisodeA single comment — heard by chance on a podcast — stopped Alison in her tracks and awakened something powerful within her. In this deeply aligned episode, Alison shares the cascade of moments that unfolded around the same time, each one revealing the truth about freedom, income, identity, and the hidden traps so many women over 40 are conditioned into.She opens up about the realities of her brick-and-mortar years, the survival-mode cycle she didn’t recognise until much later, and the stories of two women that broke her heart and confirmed her mission: to help women reinvent themselves, rise into t...
2025-11-2911 minThe Fab Over Forty ShowThe Comeback Episode ~ Reborn, Realigned, ReturnedIn This Episode:Alison returns to the mic with honesty, vulnerability, and a powerful message about reinvention. She explains why she stepped away, what happened behind the scenes, and how this season of transformation led to the rebirth of The Fab Over Forty Show.You’ll Hear About:Why Alison paused the podcastThe personal and emotional transitions she navigatedReturning to alignment after burnoutThe inner work that shaped her comebackHow approaching 60 created a new level of clarityWhat this new era of...
2025-11-2805 minAncestral Kitchen#119 - Why (& How) You Should Be Eating Chocolate with Marcos PatchettIn so many of our episodes over the last four years, we have explored how no food we eat is intrinsically ‘bad’. Instead, it’s what we as humans living in a rapidly globalising and industrialising world, have done to that food that causes problems. The topic of today’s episode, cacao, epitomises this. Originally, in its home, central america, cacao beans were revered and used unsweetened as a drink. Our world has taken and transformed them into an unrecognisable sugary commodity that fills the shelves of shops globally. A commodity that can, as Alison personally knows, through at 20, being ad...
2025-11-031h 24Ancestral Kitchen#113 - Coffee: Sourcing, Roasting & Brewing in a Mindful Ancestral KitchenWhat plant was allegedly first discovered in Ethiopia by a goat, boasts an almost 270billion USD market worldwide, has almost 10,000 shops dedicated to it in the UK and over 35,000 in the US, and you very likely may have partaken of some time already today? That’s right, the elixir of which Benjamin Franklin, the American statesman, author and inventor wrote, “Among the numerous luxuries of the table…coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions…is never followed by sadness, languor or debility.” In this ep...
2025-07-151h 41Ancestral Kitchen#109 - Meagan Francis Spills the Tea: History, Sourcing, and Brewing a Good CupGeorge Orwell writes, “If you look up ‘tea’ in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unmentioned; or at most you will find a few lines of sketchy instructions which give no ruling on several of the most important points. This is curious, not only because tea is one of the mainstays of civilization … but because the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes.” In this episode I got to sit down with Meagan Francis, a supporter and friend of Ancestral Kitchen and veteran podcaster herself. She is the hos...
2025-05-201h 31Ancestral Kitchen#108 - Histamine, Ferments & Traditional FoodsBone broth, sauerkraut, milk kefir – fundamentals of an ancestral diet and foods that we know do us good.So what do you do if actually they're making you ill?Histamine is a word that most of us have heard of and, thanks to the proliferation of health news, were also probably aware of histamine intolerance.In this episode we will deal head-on with histamine and how it interacts with an ancestral diet. We'll explain what histamine is and the problems it can cause. We'll explore which staple ancestral foods are high in histamine an...
2025-05-061h 15Ancestral Kitchen#105 - 16 Breakfasts with Traditional Foods (Fast, Prep-Ahead, and On the Go!)What are some traditional foods we can eat for breakfast, and do we have examples of ancestral breakfasts in history? In this episode Alison and I got together to talk about what we eat to start the day. We included a variety of “types” of breakfasts. First, we start out with fast breakfasts, things you can make very quickly. Whether you’re going to school, you have kids going to school, or you homeschool - there’s not a lot of time in the morning typically to linger over a long breakfast. We then included some longer prep but hands-of...
2025-03-171h 25Ancestral Kitchen#104 - Baking with Ancient GrainsDownload the free, 30-page guide Baking with Ancient Grains hereAlison has just released a free 30-page guide to baking with ancient grains and this companion podcast episode will give you everything you need to know to bring the world of ancient grain baking into your own kitchen.We'll define an ancient grain, we'll talk about why they're different to modern wheat and how that change happened, Alison will share why she believes ancient grains are so important in our modern world and then talk about how you can bring them into your own baking.
2025-03-031h 21Ancestral Kitchen#103 - 10 Nourishing Traditions Dishes - Cheaper Than Supermarkets!The cost of eating an ancestral, nourishing diet, vs the cost of eating a conventional, supermarket diet: people are already stretched to the limit on their grocery budgets, so how can we ask them to spend even more on buying more nutritious or local food? Even if it’s important to them, what if the dollars literally do not exist? How are we to eat? These were the questions burning in my mind when I sat down with the Nourishing Traditions cookbook to make a list of ten easy, favorite recipes. I wanted to see how much more expensive th...
2025-02-171h 30Ancestral Kitchen#101 - Tending to Health in Times of Flu, Sickness or RecoveryHow does one prepare for times of illness? Having supplies on hand, such as home remedies, some handy rubrics and rules of thumb in your back pocket, and healing foods prepared and set aside for such a time, are steps the wise person takes to avoid being caught off guard and unprepared. In this episode, Alison and Andrea will talk about some favorite tools and remedies they keep on hand, as well as procedures they use, in times of illness. This episode is not medical advice. Your personal health is between you and your Maker.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *...
2025-01-201h 21The Fab Over Forty ShowEp.8: What Watching Yellowstone Reminded MeHere’s a summary of the episode in 10 bullet points:
Personal Reflections on Hard Work Ethic: Alison shares her perspective on balancing a strong work ethic with enjoying life in the moment, emphasizing that delaying all pleasure for success can lead to burnout.
Insights from Power Manifesting: Drawing from Paul McKenna’s book, she highlights the value of tenacity while cautioning against overworking and discusses how the universe often provides wake-up calls to those stuck in hard, masculine energy.
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs: She discusses internal and external beliefs that hinder progress, advocating for dete...
2025-01-1045 minThe Fab Over Forty ShowEp.7: It's a Business & A Hobby"Ep.7: It is a Business & A Hobby" by Alison K. Parsons:
1. **Main Theme**: The episode focuses on turning hobbies into businesses and rejecting the notion that a business must make immediate money to be valid. Alison emphasizes persistence and passion in pursuing what you love.
2. **Personal Journey**: Alison shares her experience transitioning from a brick-and-mortar business to a digital business, highlighting her desire for location and time freedom.
3. **Challenging Beliefs**: She critiques the statement, “If you’re not making money, it’s just a hobby,” noting how it can discourage budding entrepreneurs. Instead, she advocates for perseverance and skill-building.
4. **Inspirat...
2025-01-0720 minAncestral Kitchen#99 - Grill Me Like a Cheese Sandwich! We Answer All Your QuestionsAsk us anything, we said! Grill us like a cheese sandwich! And you did! Our podcast supporters sent in questions for Alison and I to answer for this final episode of 2024 and we had a lot of fun answering them. Some of them were crazy! Some would take an entire podcast episode to answer thoroughly, and they were all really fun - like, "What are some non-ancestral things you do, or ancestral things you don't plan to ever do?" Or, "Tell us about Alison's past life!" Alison and I also came with some questions for each other, and we...
2024-12-261h 40Ancestral Kitchen#96 - Cooking Ancestrally Through the Winter with Kathie LapcevicHow do you eat ancestrally and seasonally even during winter, when the produce stands maybe are shut down and your garden may be covered over with snow for the season and your body needs a different kind of support than it does during the busy, active days of summer? In this episode Alison and Kathie, who is a longtime listener, supporter and friend of the podcast, got to talk about all of these topics and much more. Kathie is the creator of Homespun Seasonal Living, one of my favourite websites for pulling recipes, and Kathie is an expert and...
2024-11-181h 10Ancestral Kitchen#94 - 7 Ancestral Swaps That Will Save You MoneyThis is such a great episode covering Seven Ancestral Swap That Will Save You Money. We are assuming you are already well on the way to eating ancestral diet, so these are not swapping ancestral foods for conventional foods; these are swaps within the ancestral food paradigm that Alison and I have utilized to save money - within saving money. Everyone is tightening up their budgets right now and we are no exception to that. The conversation around fats, dairy products and drinks and so much more in this episode is so interesting; and the last, most complex swap...
2024-10-221h 19Ancestral Kitchen#93 - How to Make Confit, Rilettes and TerrinesToday we got to sit down again with Meredith Leigh, a butcher and author of The Ethical Meat Handbook, and ask her a lot of questions about Confit, Rilette and Terrines. Meredith has a course on these three items - including headcheese, by the way - a course which Alison and I both took, and made use of in our own kitchens, and we loved the tasty results so much we wanted to ask Meredith more and get her on the air so you could hear her talk about these incredible versatile and thrifty preparation and preservation methods of...
2024-10-0851 minAncestral Kitchen#90 - Cold Extract Honey with Prenten at Beehive State HoneyWhat does "raw honey" really mean? How do you know if your honey is truly raw - is just the label enough? Are there different benefits to truly raw honey vs heated honey - even low heat temperature honey? And - how do you use truly raw honey? Does it ever go bad? How is it produced? Alison and I had so many questions all about honey and in this episode, Prenten, a beekeeper in Utah in the United States did an excellent job answering all of our questions - with some surprising answers.Join our Patreon...
2024-08-271h 19Ancestral Kitchen#89 - 'Snotty' Ferments, Ale Recipe & Convincing Those Who Won't Listen (a Peek into a Patron Exclusive Podcast)Every month, we record not only the episodes you listen to here on Ancestral Kitchen but also a special show for supporters of the podcast - that is, our patrons.The episode you’re about to hear is one of these patron-exclusive shows from earlier in the year. In it you’ll get a taste of the sort of things we cover - we regularly talk about what’s happening in our own lives, often sharing things we wouldn’t in the main episodes and we also, as you will hear, answer really juicy questions from our patrons...
2024-08-131h 31Ancestral KitchenEncore: The 5 Cheapest (& Yet the Most Expensive) FoodsMany of the questions Alison and I receive on a constant basis relate to topics that we covered in early foundational episodes of the podcast, so we decided to bring a few of those archive episodes to the front and highlight them for new listeners to enjoy. This episode is one of our very earliest - it's only our fourth episode on the podcast; and we were covering five of the most expensive foods to buy that are ironically some of the cheapest foods you can make.In this episode, we cover bone broth; sourdough bread; kombucha...
2024-07-301h 28Ancestral Kitchen#88 - Growing, Storing and Using Garlic: A Patron Special EpisodeMegan is a podcast listener, turned podcast patron, turned podcast admin! She is now working for the Ancestral Kitchen Podcast and it has been so wonderful having her helping Alison and I out. This is a very special episode that we recorded just for patrons of the podcast, and it went up on a private podcast feed where we have over 80+ episodes that are just special bonuses for patrons of the podcast who are helping support it and keep us on the air. Megan and her partner are garlic and lamb farmers; and we asked the patrons of the...
2024-07-161h 17Ancestral Kitchen#87 - Taking Your Health in Your Own HandsSo many of us come to ancestral foods because of our own or our family’s health. We’ve tried what the mainstream medical model has to offer and we’re done with it. We want to look for and work with alternatives.And that journey can be a lonely and fraught one. The world doesn’t provide much support for taking this road less travelled and yet, when doing hard things and making tough decisions we sooo need support.That’s why we wanted to bring this episode, taking your health in your own hands, to...
2024-07-021h 19Ancestral Kitchen#85 - Ancestral Cooking When You're Busy, Sick, Pregnant or MovingWhat about cooking and eating ancestrally when you're in times of turmoil, or busy chaotic times - like having a new baby, or when people are sick, or when you're moving across countries!In this episode Alison and I are going to talk about all of these things because we are going through all of them. We will share some of our strategies and plans for using up food stores before a move, or preparing food in advance when there's a baby coming, and how we're going to keep our systems running despite all of the disruptions...
2024-06-041h 15Ancestral Kitchen#81 - Millet: How to Use this Sustainable, Gluten & Lectin-Free GrainDo you cook with millet? I do and I love this ancient grain for the fact that it is super sustainable, very economical and, being gluten and lectin free, really easy to digest.In this episode we dive in to the ancestral grain millet. We will talk about what it is, why you'd want to include it in your diet, how to cook it and I then I will go on to share in detail my seven favourite ways to use millet - we regularly consume millet all of these ways in our home.By...
2024-04-091h 06Ancestral Kitchen#80 - Feeding Babies & Children Nutrient-Dense Food with Christine MuldoonFeeding babies and children a nutrient-dense ancestral diet is something that many moms have questions about. Whether the questions are "how do I start my child off on the right foot" or "I have older kids and we are just coming to this ancestral diet now - help, how do I transition them to this good food!" - these are things that we think about. Here to help us today is Christine Muldoon, from The Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast. Christine and her co-host Corey were on our podcast a long time ago, episode # 27, and Christine is back to give...
2024-03-251h 22Ancestral Kitchen#74 - 14 Tips for Changing Your Food HabitsAll of us have tried to change our food habits at some stage, most of us multiple times. Maybe, as you’re listening to this, you want to. It sounds simple - I’ll just stop eating this and start eating that. But it’s never that easy, is it?! Today, we’ll take a deep dive into food habits and offer you 14 Tips for Changing yours.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *The organ supplements we use and trust – get a 5% discount (and free shipping) on grass-fed supplements, including liver capsules by visiting: https://www.oneearthhealth.com/AncestralKitchen...
2024-01-011h 06Ancestral Kitchen#73 - Slow ChristmasIn this episode we will share what a Slow Christmas is and why we choose to celebrate our holidays this way. We'll talk about some specific traditions for meals, gifts and more - both from our homes and from the homes of our community of patrons.If you're a patron of the podcast, check your email for a link to our 2023 Christmas gift to you!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *The organ supplements we use and trust – get a 5% discount (and free shipping) on grass-fed supplements, including liver capsules by visiting: https://www.oneearthhealth.com/AncestralKitchen...
2023-12-191h 12Ancestral Kitchen#68 - Naturally Fermented Dairy in the Home with Robyn JacksonIf you’re bringing raw milk into your home, whether it is through a herd share, shopping from a local raw dairy or co-op, or you have a cow on the back pasture, it is inevitable that we start wanting to value-add that milk; both adding nutritional value to it by culturing it in our homes, and adding monetary value by making raw milk into what would be higher priced items from the store.In this episode Robyn who is the creator over at Cheese From Scratch on Instagram is here to teach us about creating your ow...
2023-10-101h 07Ancestral Kitchen#67 - 50 Ways to Save Money on an Ancestral Diet - Part 2"I just can't afford to eat ancestrally" is something that we hear all the time.And we get that, the mainstream, shop-bought side of ancestral eating can sometimes be eye-wateringly expensive. Notwithstanding that we've both been eating this way on a very tight budget for over a decade each. We’re going to show you that it is possible!In this second part, we'll complete our list of 50 ways to save money on an ancestral diet. If you haven't listened to part one yet go back and check out that episode before diving in here....
2023-09-261h 18Ancestral Kitchen#66 - 50 Ways to Save Money on an Ancestral Diet - Part 1"I would love to eat an ancestral diet but I can’t afford it, what can I do?""I want to shop from small farms around me, how can I make this happen with a limited budget?""Food costs are rising dramatically where I live and the budget that once worked for us isn’t cutting it anymore, help!"In a post-industrial world where globally imported subsidized factory food is perceived as the cheaper or only option for a budget, these are questions most of us have had at some point. In this epis...
2023-09-121h 15Ancestral Kitchen#65 - Our Birthing StoriesJust like the Ancestral Diet is so different from the standard American diet, so the ways our ancestors birthed bears very little relation to how modern industrialised communities bring the next generation into the world.In this intimate episode, originally recorded for patrons of the podcast, Andrea and I share our birthing stories. We've got four births between us and we came to them with very different backgrounds. We talk about the actual births, what we learnt from them, what we regret and much more. There's so much to learn from how one approaches birth; we hope...
2023-08-291h 40Ancestral Kitchen#64 - Better Broths & Healing TonicsBetter Broths and Healing Tonics is a book that blew us away when we found it earlier this year. It is so thorough, so accessible and so creative – sharing many ways to make broths, and make them easy, plus incredible healing recipes for broth tonics, infusions, blends and meals.In this episode, Andrea interviews half of the pair that created the book, Jill Sheppard Davenport. They talk about healing with nutrition and how Jill, as an experienced practitioner, approaches it. Jill shares her broth tips and tricks and also talks about the revelation to me in the book...
2023-08-151h 08Ancestral Kitchen#63 - Everyday LuxuriesEvery once in a while Rob comes out from behind the tangle of wires and sits down on the other side of the podcast microphone and records an epic episode with Alison. This is one of those episodes. It is awesome and their dry British humor is the best.What is luxury? Can you have luxuries? Can you live a luxurious life? Are luxuries part of our everyday? Does luxury have to be a $1200 clutch bag or some 14-bazillion thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, or is luxury something that we can see and appreciate in everyday life?
2023-08-011h 14Ancestral Kitchen#62 - Building Your Pantry with Canning: Hospitality, Budgeting, Safety and More with Angi SchneiderPutting food into jars: is it really hard? Is it complicated? Am I going to make my family sick? Does it taste better, am I going to save money, or both? What is the point? All this and a lot more is covered in this episode. Andrea talks with Angi Schneider, a patron of the podcast and the author of The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables, and Pressure Canning for Beginners and Beyond, two wonderful books in Andrea's kitchen.She has a lot in those books including tables where you can figure out what to do with...
2023-07-181h 36Ancestral Kitchen#61 - Being 'Part of the Herd' on a Small Scale Organic Dairy FarmRebecca Holden looks after a large organic dairy herd in Wales in the United Kingdom and makes raw, cheddar-style cheese from their milk. Mainstream milk/cheese markets seem to be increasingly led by large, chemically-sustained dairies that subvert nature and force cows into unnatural production routines, resulting in inferior dairy products landing on grocery store shelves - and yet, Rebecca’s farm has been there doing things organically for 50 years…. We really wanted to know about her world, and we really wanted to share it with you.*We had a technical glitch just before the epis...
2023-07-041h 03Ancestral Kitchen#60 - What Fermented Drinks Can I Make?Today's episode is dedicated to covering the wide world of fermented drinks - all accessible to you, makeable in your own kitchen, right now. We talk about over 20 different fermented drinks, including scoby ferments, whey ferments, grain ferments, wild ferments and we tell you how you can incorporate these super-health-giving, delicious foods into your life.So if you've ever asked the question, what fermented drinks can I make or what other fermented drinks can I make, this episode's for you!You'll leave episode informed, inspired and ready to get going on some new fermented drinks f...
2023-06-201h 31Ancestral KitchenWe have a special bonus for today! Alison reads the article she recently had published in the Weston A. Price journal, Wise Traditions.We have a special bonus for today! Alison reads the article she recently had published in the Weston A. Price journal Wise Traditions:So Much More Than Porridge: The Rich Culinary History of British OatsRecipe for Traditional Scottish Oatcakes hereRecipe for Naturally-Fermented Staffordshire Oatcakes hereIf you'd like to have a go at creating the Scottish Sowans (easy-to-digest porridge) and Swats (probiotic drink) you can get 10% off Alison's video course using this link.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here.Get a...
2023-06-1515 minAncestral Kitchen#59 - Alison & Rob's Personal Experience with GAPSHave you ever thought the GAPS protocol might be for you? Are you considering trying it, or you’ve just heard about it and wonder how it fits into a healing journey? Are you struggling to bring grains into your diet without digestive issues, or wondering what you can do to replenish a gut system damaged by antibiotics? This is the episode for you.We've had conversations with so many of you about GAPS, the Gut and Psychology Syndrome diet created by Dr Natasha Campbell McBride, so it is time to share Alison’s story.Alis...
2023-06-061h 13Ancestral Kitchen#58 - Ancestral Cooking for Schools & Retreats with Hilary BoyntonHilary Boynton is the creator of the School of Lunch, a week long academy held a few times a year that teaches attendees from around the world how to put together incredible nourishing ancestral traditional food programs that they can use in whatever application they need – in running a school lunch program which is what Hilary does in California, in a business, for retreats or wellness spaces, at home or wherever they wish to implement a meal program. In this episode I got to sit down with Hilary and ask her to give me a peek into what happens at...
2023-05-231h 17Ancestral Kitchen#57 - Celebrating the Ancestral Food of WalesIn this episode, Alison talks to Carwyn Graves, author of Welsh Food Stories, a beautiful chronicle of the ancestral food of Wales. They talk about food born from landscape, sustainability, women as the holders of ancestral heritage, fermentation, bread and much much more…Get a 5% discount (and free shipping in the US) on grass-fed supplements, including liver capsules by visiting: https://www.oneearthhealth.com/AncestralKitchen* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here.Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient GrainsRead our Guide to Milling Your Own...
2023-05-091h 10Ancestral Kitchen#56 - Preparing Nutrient-Dense Meals From Scratch Every DayYou asked for it, and we did it. We finally did it! Alison and I have written our first Ancestral Kitchen Podcast cookbook, called Meals at the Ancestral Hearth. It's available now at https://ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/shop/books/meals-at-the-ancestral-hearth/. This is an eCookbook you can download and start reading immediately, and you'll receive the link to two versions - one is formatted for printing and keeping in your kitchen because that’s how I read my recipes, the other for reading on your eReader or mobile device, because that’s how Alison reads her recipes.You know we a...
2023-04-251h 24Ancestral Kitchen#55 - Anita from Weston A Price RecipesMaking the Weston A Price principles accessible, simple, and approachable for everybody is what Anita is so good at. Anita is a wife and mother living in Colorado, USA, serving up delicious, nourishing meals every day. She has mastered the ancestral food principles, and she can teach you how to roast a whole chicken and make the gravy in just a few sentences! She shares these recipes generously at westonapricerecipes.com. Andrea got to sit down with her today and learn about the health crisis that drove Anita towards ancestral food, what she and her children did when they d...
2023-04-111h 04Ancestral Kitchen#54 - What Have We Done To Beer?! (& What Can We Do About It?)Did you know that women have been the predominant brewers of beer throughout history....up to just 400 years ago?How about that up till that same time period beer tasted completely different to the beer we are used to now?Join us in this episode to hear the real story of beer, how we messed it up and why Alison is passionate about bringing beer back where it belongs - the kitchen!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here.Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient Gr...
2023-03-281h 12Ancestral Kitchen#53 - Raw Milk: Our Ancestral HeritageHave you wondered if raw milk is truly safe? Why did we start pasteurizing it in the first place? Have our ancestors always drunk milk? What is the fermentation all about, and is it really necessary? In this episode, we will share some of what we have learned about raw milk over the past ten years. We will share some of the shocking history of the industrialization of milk, and we will also share why raw, living, un-tampered-with milk is considered a "perfect food". You will walk from this super excited about drinking raw milk, and you're probably going...
2023-03-131h 28Ancestral Kitchen#52 - Homesteading the Final FrontierImagine buying bare land in Alaska and building your own farm from the ground up. Imagine raising cows and chickens there and growing virtually all your own food. Imagine doing this whilst also being a mum to three youngsters (two of whom are baby twins) and having a partner who works a job away from home.Today, Andrea talks to Amanda Callahan, the lady who is doing just that. Hear her share how her farm developed, how she manages it, the chores and her young family and lots and lots about the nourishing foods she feeds her chi...
2023-02-271h 11Ancestral Kitchen#51 - Your Sourdough Questions AnsweredYou are about to listen to one of the podcast's most popular episodes. Since it was released in February 2023, this episode has been downloaded thousands and thousands of times. That's just how popular sourdough bread is. And is testament to how many people are confused and have questions about it.That's what we aim to help with in this episode!We'll cover all manner of listener sourdough questions. We'll talk about where to begin with sourdough and all about starters. We'll give answers to your questions on flours, berries and milling including what to expect...
2023-02-131h 37Ancestral Kitchen#50 - 20 Small Steps to an Ancestral KitchenDo you want to know how to transition your kitchen and your eating to ancestral methods? Maybe you've tried before or stopped and started multiple times? Perhaps you have the Nourishing Traditions cookbook, but feel so overwhelmed that you don't know where to go next?In this episode, we will make it easy for you! Listen in for our road map of twenty steps that will take you from a standard diet to a beautiful nourishing ancestral one; we'll detail them all, tell you how we started and give you many resources to help your journey....
2023-01-301h 12Ancestral Kitchen#49 - Traditional Slovakian FoodNaomi Huzovicova is a passionate and talented ancestral cook, a food story discoverer and an amazing photographer. She has lived and cooked up Slovakian food culture for 17 years and we're grateful to her for sharing so much of its uniqueness with us.In this episode we open up the rich world that is Slovakian food. Naomi explains what it is, and importantly why it is like that. You'll get a history lesson via our talk of ferments, bread and fats, and you'll get to know two simple dishes that represent Slovakian food that you'll want to cook up...
2023-01-161h 24Ancestral Kitchen#48 - Talking Fermentation With Kirsten ShockeyWe know you want to know about fermentation! And who better to ask than the author of five fermentation books and co-founder of The Fermentation School, Kirsten Shockey. With over 20 years of experience in fermentation Kirsten has so much to share that'll inform, enlighten and, frankly, change the way you eat.Check out Kirsten's course, Your 30 Day Fermentation Challenge, and get a special 10% podcast discount automatically applied here * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here.Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient GrainsRead our Guide t...
2023-01-0258 minAncestral Kitchen#47 - The Christmas Survival GuideAre you stressed about over-indulging during the holidays? Are you wondering how to eat a nourishing ancestral diet while away from home? What about the children - are people stuffing them full of sugar plums when you wish they were eating something else? Alison and Andrea tackle all these questions and more in this episode centered around surviving the holidays, and walking into the New Year feeling nourished and healthy!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here.Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient GrainsRead...
2022-12-191h 06Ancestral Kitchen#46 - How To Feed The World Sustainably With Sir Patrick HoldenSo you are really passionate about regenerative, sustainable agriculture and food, right? And how many times have you heard, "Yes, that's all very nice but you couldn't feed the world that way; it wouldn't work at scale!"In this episode I talk to Sir Patrick Holden, the man who's building the roadmap to show us that it could.You'll hear us talk about his latest research into how the UK could feed itself using fertiliser/pesticide-free sustainable agriculture (with no grain-fed animals!), the tools to take this global, and how this lifetime campaigner...
2022-12-051h 08Ancestral Kitchen#45 - Fermenting Trash in the KitchenI think the whole world should be doing this! - AlisonIt just makes everything more pleasant with your food waste - there is no rotting, no flies. - TjasaYou know that Alison is always fermenting weird and strange things but when she told me she was fermenting her trash - it was a new level. I had to know more.A little over a year ago, Alison off-hand mentioned something she called bokashi, and I had to ask her, "What IS that?" It turns out bokashi is the Japanese...
2022-11-211h 06Ancestral Kitchen#44 - How To Run A 'Made From Scratch' Homestead With Melissa K Norris"For 18 years my husband and I both worked day jobs off the farm...so we had to have systems in place to still be able to farm and to raise as much of our food as we possibly could"Melissa K Norris is a 5th generation homesteader, a mother, an author, a podcaster and an incredible wealth of experience and information on how to thrive living close to the land.Listen in to our interview with her to hear:An invaluable insider look into her farm, routine and lifeHow she prepares her family's food...
2022-11-071h 20Ancestral Kitchen#43 Fertility - It's More Than Just Pregnancy!I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was about fourteen... My periods were heavy and irregular... The doctor put me on the Pill at fourteen... I was about 27 when I stopped taking the Pill. - AlisonFertility is an indication of peak health - a healthy human should be fertile for as long as possible. This indicates optimal endocrine, metabolic and nervous system functioning, as well as adequate-to-optimal nourishment. In our modern-day thinking, we have reduced fertility to simply something you look at when you want to get pregnant, and we casually ignore warning signs from our...
2022-10-251h 25Ancestral Kitchen#42 - How To Get (& Grind) The Best Flour For Bread"Find a supplier of as locally sourced grains as possible...find a mill; a coop and support them!"If you're a bread-maker, this episode's for you.We welcome back the fabulous Elly from Elly's Everyday to the podcast to talk about the heart of bread, its raw material: grains and flour.During this episode you'll hear Elly's wisdom on:Sourcing grains and flour for breadGrinding grains into flour at home, including why you would want to do it and how Elly grinds hersThe vital difference between the two ways flours are produced...
2022-10-111h 09Ancestral Kitchen#41 - Rye Sourdough Bread: Mastering the BasicsWhy am I so obsessed with rye? It's because I love it... Rye is just so special. - AlisonWhere to begin with sourdough rye bread? This is a topic that both Alison and Andrea have received so many questions about. Alison is a rye sourdough bread expert - she has made hundreds of loaves over the span of years, and she has honed-in on a lot of the specific nuances and details of working with this amazing, delicious whole grain. In this episode, Alison breaks down some of her favorite reasons for using rye bread, and...
2022-09-2759 minAncestral Kitchen#40 - 26,000 Nutrient-Dense Meals with Lunch Leader Hilary Boynton"Last year we served 26,000 meals to kids and that's not including snacks...next year 44,000 meals."Today we talk with an amazing woman. Hilary Boynton is not only a mother feeding 6 kids, she's not only the author of the GAPS cookbook Heal Your Gut, but as you just heard she's a powerhouse who went into her kid's school and when offered the keys to the kitchen, said yes and transformed the menu serving them nutrient dense foods like organ meats, raw butter and kefir, bone broth and beet kvass.Listen in to hear:How, as...
2022-09-131h 14Ancestral KitchenSustainable Kitchen BONUS: Interview with Lindsay MilesIt never occurred to me that I was part of the problem, and that I could be part of the solution. - LindsayLindsay Miles is an author, creator and all-around inspirational educator on the subject of zero-waste living, less-waste living and sustainable living! In this episode, Alison asks Lindsay some questions about Lindsay's experience with getting out of the supermarkets and learning to shop in alternate routes.Nobody is doing it perfectly ... But 70% is better than no percent! - Lindsay* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here....
2022-08-3022 minAncestral Kitchen#39 - The Sustainable Kitchen: Practical AdviceFrom our kitchens, through what we do every single day, we can make a huge difference in the impact we have on the world. - AlisonTry to find what the land around you can provide and use that in your kitchen. That is the absolutely central thing to making your kitchen sustainable. - AlisonThe idea of a sustainable kitchen is simultaneously alluring, and intimidating; not the least of which because as interest in this subject has grown, an entire host of products have ironically cropped feed on our lack of confidence and self-questioning...
2022-08-301h 13Ancestral Kitchen#38 - Fat Rendering, Traditional Food Gems & Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!As well as recording two podcasts a month, Alison & Andrea also sit down together once a month to catch up on what's been happening in their own food worlds. These chats are recorded these chats especially for the patrons of the Ancestral Kitchen Podcast.As the podcasts this month are all about bringing you closer, what better than to share one of these intimate chats with you?! So coming up you've got them both at the kitchen table, tea in hand, sharing, laughing and learning together.In this episode you'll hear:Alison's process for...
2022-08-161h 08Ancestral Kitchen#37 - A Peek Into Alison & Rob's Ancestral Lifestyle“’OK,’ you say, “Well, there’s organic food in the supermarket.” It’s unaffordable, it is so expensive. Whereas if you buy from the people who you actually meet and you know, cut out all the middlemen, suddenly this good food becomes affordable.”As a podcast listener you have already enjoyed Rob's original music in the intro, as well as the benefits of his careful mixing and editing - now he gets to sit in front of the microphone and share some of his thoughts!Alison and Rob have spent a lifetime cultivating and working towards an ances...
2022-08-021h 10Ancestral Kitchen#36 - Defending Beef with Nicolette Hahn Niman"For every complex problem there's an answer that is clear simple and wrong"Are you confused or disheartened by the mainstream medias portrayal of beef? Would you like to understand how well managed cattle can be a huge step in solving our climate and health problems? Do you long for more nuance in the discussion on how to create sustainable food for our future?Today on the podcast we welcome Nicolette Hahn Niman the author of the book Defending Beef.We talk about how the key to creating a sustainable future can be found...
2022-07-191h 02Ancestral Kitchen# 35 - The Easy WayIt’s finding a balance, making sure you’re feeding your creativity in the things that inspire you, and trying to make the things that you’re not so hot on as quick and easy as possible... We live in a society that is very time-poor, and it is easy to lose that time and not have the time you need in the kitchen. AlisonEven though this seems to be a podcast all about doing things the challenging, slow, ancestral way - we actually love doing things the easy way! We are big believers in finding the be...
2022-07-051h 13Ancestral Kitchen7 Ways to Support Ancestral Kitchen PodcastThank you for asking us how you can support the show!! Listen in to hear 7 ways you can help us get this work out to more people, whatever your situation.Here's where you can find our Patreon community.Here's how to leave us a rating on Spotify* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you love the show, leave us a 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts:Open the Apple Podcast app and find Ancestral Kitchen Podcast in your libraryScroll down to 'ratings and reviews', click on 'write a review', give us 5*s and then...
2022-06-2327 minAncestral Kitchen#34 - Our Favourite Nourishing Traditions Recipes"We love this book so much!"The ancestral cook's bible: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon-MorellWe love this book and we've cooked so much from it. In this episode you'll hear which six recipes from the hundreds filling its pages are our absolute favourites. We'll share why we love them, give you tips about the ingredients and processes, and talk about how we've used them to feed our families and friends and made them our own.Our six go-to dishes include two breakfasts, two mains, a dessert and a vegetable ferment and hail...
2022-06-211h 04Ancestral Kitchen#33 - The Fats We Love, the Fats We LeaveI don’t use butter that often – but sometimes I’m really in a buttery mood and I’ll fry my pancake in ghee. – Alison For several decades, fats were vilified as the source of many health problems and were avoided by many, including Alison - she avoided all fats, completely, for ten years. The distinction that was lost in this macro witch-hunt was WHICH fats were a problem for our health - because some of them very much ARE a problem, while others are necessary for optimal health. However, the problem fats are the ones being promoted...
2022-06-071h 07Ancestral Kitchen#32 - Cooking Ancestrally in a VanA tiny kitchen. No oven. A miniscule fridge. No electric power. A small two-burner hob. Prep space the size of a chopping board.Lots of us think we have small kitchens, but imagine cooking nutrient-dense food in these circumstances.That is exactly what our guest, Charlie Burton did - for her, her husband and their two young children...for two years! And all whilst travelling around Europe in a van.Listen into this episode to hear:How Charlie cooked three meals a day and lived in a six-and-a-half metre long van and...
2022-05-241h 10Ancestral Kitchen#31 - Alison's 140lb Weight Loss"Between the ages of 20 and 21, I lost 10 stone (140 pounds, 65 kilos), which at the time was half my body weight."Alison has an incredible story of growing up carrying excess weight, suffering from bullying and self-censoring, and then in a significant life change losing half her body weight through a remarkable story of self-determination. Regaining full health took longer, however - she was afraid of consuming fats for over ten years and, ultimately, an urgent desire to regain her fertility led her to begin exploring ancestral foods and the nourished, healing diet she enjoys today. Listen to her...
2022-05-101h 07Ancestral Kitchen#28 - Raising a Large Family the Ancestral WayRaising a large family is the work of a lifetime and the more support you have, the more fulfilling and smooth it'll be. Listen into today's episode to hear Andrea share what she's learnt through growing up in a large family and now creating her own farm-centered family. We cover budget, space, land, support networks, kitchen organisation and much more.Love what we're doing?Our podcast is sponsored by our patrons and listeners! We'd love you to be part of our Patreon community!For $9 a month (or equivalent in your currency) you'll be...
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The Fab Over Forty ShowAli's Daily Shorts ~ Episode #7In this episode I go real and raw and wing it basically and tell you what has been happening and the Inspired Action step that instigated this episode
A lot has been happening in my life in recent weeks and it hasn't allowed me the luxury to podcast so I update You the listener why and where I have been and hopefully inspire You that though maybe things don't always turn out how you would like when you would like things can work out for You but You just have to keep digging those ditches even when on...
2022-03-1940 minAncestral Kitchen#27 - Four Ancestral Mamas Around The TableHow do you eat ancestrally on a budget? What about burnout and decision fatigue? Alison and Andrea sit down with Christine and Corey from the Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast with a stack of your questions, and all share resources and ideas to tackle each one! This will definitely go down in the books as one of our favorite episodes ever, as the four of us seriously enjoyed talking together and working through these issues as a group.Be sure to check out Part One of this conversation over at the Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast - "Relationships + Ancestral...
2022-03-141h 06Ancestral Kitchen#26 - Bones & Water - The Magic of Stock"Stock will bring you so many more benefits than muscle meat on its own and for about a tenth of the price"Take the left-over bones from an animal, combine them with water and some gentle heat and then wait. You'll be gifted with one of the most revered food stuffs worldwide: Stock. It's nourishing, comforting, tasty and the base of so much good food.Listen in to hear us wax lyrical over this simple food, then talk about how we make it, the different types and how we use it in our kitchens.
2022-02-281h 18Ancestral Kitchen#24 - Pizza!"Once you've had really good pizza, it's hard to go back!"You might hear our tummies growling in the background because today we talked about one of our mutual favorite subjects - pizza!! Alison shares some surprising facts about the history of pizza in Italy, and both Andrea and Alison discuss favorite ways of preparing dough and topping the pizza. There are infinite variations on this theme and they are all right - we don't judge what you want to put on your pizza, even if it's pineapple (but maybe a little if it's Nutella). Share your...
2022-01-311h 16Ancestral Kitchen#23 - Traditional Slovakian Pig Butchery (& *all* the food!)Slovak food is comfort food. It’s not light, it’s not summery, but in the winter – it’s peasant food. Food that sticks to your bones and gives you a lot of energy to work in the fields. It’s simple; there’s a limited repertoire of spices. A lot of them involve just very ordinary ingredients. – NaomiGet your marjoram and paprika ready, because the long-anticipated pig butchery interview is here! In this episode, Alison sits down with Naomi, a Canadian-born photographer and home cook who has lived in, immersed in and documented Slovakia for the past 17 ye...
2022-01-171h 30Ancestral KitchenThe Ancestral Kitchen Challenge!"The Ancestral Kitchen Challenge is here to spark your creative fire!" AndreaWe are excited to announce the Ancestral Kitchen Challenge! This challenge is designed to spark excitement and creativity in your kitchen and hopefully push you in a few areas to try something new or revisit something long forgotten. You can adjust every challenge to suit your unique kitchen, family and region!In this episode Andrea and Alison discuss the 22 different challenge topics that are covered during the year, what sparked them and some different ways they could be imagined.Download the...
2022-01-101h 07Ancestral KitchenCome check out what we want to read in 2022!"Find who inspired the person who inspired you." - Andrea We got together to share our book stacks for 2022 with each other and both our lists got longer in the process! Alison dived in depth with a few titles and Andrea brought a longer list with shorter descriptions. New published books as well as old vintage materials sit side by side in our to-be-read stacks, audiobooks and e-books as well, and we both stole titles from each other as we usually do. We hope you will share your book stack with us and tag us...
2022-01-031h 28Ancestral KitchenOur lessons from the (ancestral) kitchen in 2021! "The figures fill me with hope. Because this journey we're taking is so important for health, for our children and for the planet. People are interested, they want to learn, they want to move..." AlisonThe podcast made it from a twinkle in our eyes to 14,000+ downloads this year! And it's taught us both so much. Listen in to hear us talk about what worked, what we've both been up to and what we hope to bring to life in 2022.Love what we're doing?Our podcast is sponsored by our patrons and listeners! W...
2021-12-061h 24Ancestral KitchenWe're entering the Fall and Winter holiday season and food and sensory delights from the garden and kitchen are such a traditional part of that! Alison and Andrea discuss some of their favorite dishes to serve at this time of year and the traditions they want to cultivate more of.First of all, I think there are some differences between what you associate with Christmas over in the US, and what I associate with Christmas in the UK. - AlisonWe're entering the Fall and Winter holiday season and food and sensory delights from the garden and kitchen are such a traditional part of that! Alison and Andrea discuss some of their favorite dishes to serve at this time of year and the traditions they want to cultivate more of.Not by spending more, by spending less, our Christmases have been more beautiful, more memorable...
2021-11-231h 18Ancestral KitchenAll you need to know about grains in an ancestral kitchen"Not all grains are equal" AlisonWith the myriad of anti-grain messaging in the food world, it's easy to think that eating grains is anything but healthy. In this episode, Andrea and Alison dig a little deeper - they cover the history of grains, why some diets exclude them and share their insight around the importance of and how to prepare, cook and eat them. Whether you enjoy grains regularly, have problems digesting them, are unsure of which grains to eat and how to process them or want to reintroduce grains into your diet, there's something in...
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Ancestral KitchenThink grains are unhealthy? Have problems digesting them? Listen in as Alison and Andrea explore how our ancestors prepared and ate grains and how you can take their wisdom into your modern-day kitchen"Not all grains are equal" Alison
With the myriad of anti-grain messaging in the food world, it's easy to think that eating grains is anything but healthy. In this episode, Andrea and Alison dig a little deeper - they cover the history of grains, why some diets exclude them and share their insight around the importance of and how to prepare, cook and eat them. Whether you enjoy grains regularly, have problems digesting them, are unsure of which grains to eat and how to process them or want to reintroduce grains into your diet, there's something in this episode for...
2021-11-091h 34Ancestral KitchenThink you have to give up comfort foods when you choose to eat healthily? Join Alison and Andrea as they dive into foods that bring comfort, what that actually means and how we can both feel satiated *and* healthy.Become a member of the Ancestral Kitchen Community here!"When you sit down and savour the moment, food becomes naturally comforting because it's the moment that matters" AlisonWhat comes to mind when you think about comfort food? Where's the line between enjoying a food for the pleasure it brings and turning to it to keep going? What state do we need to be in ourselves to really enjoy our food? Who's shaping the foods we relax with?These are all questions that Alison and Andrea dive into in this episode, exploring their...
2021-10-261h 18Ancestral KitchenAlison and Andrea discuss all the biotics, how and why to nurture and include them in your diet!Join the Ancestral Kitchen Podcast community here!"Fermented foods are the way to go. They taste nice, they're cheap and they're totally accessible" AlisonIn this episode, Alison and Andrea discuss all the biotics, how and why to nurture and include them in your diet! The run down:We start by welcoming our new community member, sharing about how to access our just uploaded soap-making chat and talking about food - specifically heart, lard, bread, pulses (and shelling them) and pancakes.17:00 Intro to the everything-biotics episode!17:07 What...
2021-10-121h 12Ancestral KitchenChef Aran Goldstein shares his incredible perspective on food and the way our kitchens invite beautiful, complex cultural and family experiences!For some reason I remember these moments of being alone with my mom, picking the chicken, and feeling honored and proud that I was helping her. - AranAlison and Andrea got the opportunity to sit down with Chef Aran Goldstein and talk to him about his life and experience with food. He shares his incredible perspective on food and the way our kitchens invite beautiful, complex cultural and family experiences!A great kitchen has great systems.... We are only as good as we are organized. - AranThe last line of defense...
2021-09-281h 19Ancestral KitchenAlison and Andrea discuss what tools they utilize in their kitchens and try to narrow down which ones they couldn't live without!"Tools and gadgets sometimes take advantage of our lack of confidence" -AndreaAlison and Andrea discuss what tools they utilize in their kitchens and try to narrow down which ones they couldn't live without! "The merit lies not in the possession of the object but in putting it to use" - Honey from WeedThis is what is covered:7:05 Kitchen tools8:25 Alison shares the kitchen tools she uses23:35 Andrea shares the kitchen tools she uses42:00 Water filtration talk48.00 Andrea and Alison quiz each ot...
2021-09-141h 19Ancestral Kitchen#14 - What's in Our Fridge? A Peek Into Our Kitchens!“Every time we talk, you’re an education for me. I know what you’re telling me is your normal is going to be really great information for me.” AndreaEver just want to have a nose inside somebody's fridge? Well, we sure do, so today we got together and shared a list of EVERYTHING inside our refrigerators! It's such a cool way to get an instant snapshot into a household's diet and routine, seasonal adaptability and favorite rotations!We would love to see a peek inside YOUR fridge as well - post a picture on Insta...
2021-08-311h 19Ancestral KitchenThe Secret Life of Chocolate: Alison and Andrea interview Marcos Patchett about his amazing 700-page book on cacao. A book that'll change how you view and eat chocolate forever. Learn how cacao was originally imbibed, how cacao can be powerful medicine and how your state of mind when you eat chocolate makes a huge difference to its benefits.Chocolate has a secret life. One where, instead of being formed into industrial bars, women combine it by hand with local herbs to make drinks. One where it is a healer, not a creator of addiction. One where it’s revered - held so sacred that it’s used in ceremony and as currency, not bought for a few pennies, wrapper discarded. One where it’s bitter, potent and intense, not sweet and sickly. And one where nobody feels guilt when they imbibe it. There’s no-one more qualified to open the door to this world th...
2021-08-171h 21Ancestral Kitchen#12 - Why I Gave Away My iPhone"Everything about getting rid of my iPhone came down to health. " -AlisonIn just two short generations, tech has slowly crept into our lives in more and more ways, eating away at our time and our sanity in so many insidious ways. In this episode, Andrea interviews Alison and Rob about their tech use, the over-use that caused Alison to re-evaluate the way she was implementing tech in her life, and why they decided to get rid of their smart phones. Rob will provide tips on the technical side, and we will all discuss how to live fu...
2021-08-031h 32Ancestral KitchenBonus Interview: Wild Quetzal on Vegan and Ancestral Diets"One of the great illusions is that we can escape the cycle of life and death."Andrea watched Wild Quetzal's Instagram videos about ancestral foodways and knew she wanted to talk to him!We're bringing you this special interview in between our normal episodes. It's recorded directly on Zoom, so the audio's not as pristine as usual, but the content is great.Andrea and Quetzal talk about:How ancestral communities eatConnection to nature and its cyclesTransitioning from vegan to ancestral foodsWestern society's discomfort with deathHealth as a by-product of being in tune...
2021-07-271h 27Ancestral Kitchen#11 - Nourishing Traditions: THE Ancestral CookbookIn this episode, Andrea and Alison talk about the cookbook that has healed the way they view, cook and eat food, THE ancestral cookbook, Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions.Technical Note: Andrea's microphone cord was touching part of the microphone stand, so you can hear a subtle metallic brushing every so often. This unusual issue has been resolved for future recordings. Our apologies for this audio interruption!“If Alison the raw vegan could see me now she would see someone who is a lot happier, more content, and more in touch with things than I was ba...
2021-07-201h 11Ancestral Kitchen#9 - Quitting Supermarkets: Practical and Ethical ConcernsI spent a lot of my time researching and making connections with people to find my sources of food, and that takes time. - AlisonNot like I really knew what I was doing, I never know what I’m doing. - AndreaOnce it is ready, the bouza course we referred to will be loaded to the courses page on Alison's blog, Ancestral Kitchen"The chocolate book" we alluded to is The Secret Life of Chocolate by Marcos PatchettIn this podcast, Alison is asking us to help hold her ac...
2021-06-221h 18Ancestral Kitchen#8 - Kitchen Management & Avoiding Burnout"Admire and respect what you're doing." AndreaAs soon as a listener suggested this topic, we both knew we had to cover it. Burnout is something we've both experienced and our kitchen management rituals have often been painfully won."My biggest problem is that I get ridiculously enthusiastic and I take on too much at once" AlisonJoin us as we talk about subjects including clarity, delegation, enthusiasm overload, work groups, managing your 'team', routine, ritualizing, organization, the spectre of comparison and the importance of valuing your contribution."If it really...
2021-06-081h 19Ancestral Kitchen#7 - Sourdough - Why We Love It"That led to bakers yeast, which was a household item by 1900... Then we just seem to have gone completely downhill from there, to this place where on the shelves are these loaves made in a process that, if you showed a baker from three or four hundred years ago, they just wouldn't recognize, with all these additives in it... And people just think that's bread." - Alison, in Episode 7, Sourdough"You basically need to be able to stir a spoon in a bowl. That's about the skill level that's needed." - AndreaMentioned in the...
2021-05-251h 09Ancestral Kitchen#6 - Six Books We Love"The best books are ones that spin you off on a path; imbue you with passion"Words. Pictures. Beauty. Comfort. Connection. Guidance. Inspiration. Joy. Support.Books bring us so much.In this episode, Andrea and Alison talk about six books they love!You'll share in a radical chocolate book, two fermentation bibles, a recipe book using simple, locally-sourced food, an alternative bread book and a masterpiece that calls and inspires us to create the world we want to live in.Here are the publications we cover:Wild...
2021-05-111h 22Ancestral Kitchen#5 - What We're Fermenting Right Now!"Fermenting is an adventure!"In this episode, we give a snapshot of what's bubbling in our kitchens right now.You'll hear about:Vegetable ferments such as sauerkraut, ginger carrots, purple onions, jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes), mustard and the all-powerful garlic.Carbohydrate ferments including oatmeal, millet porridge, sowans, boza and sourdough starters.Drinks (including the sowans and boza above) like fire cider, hard cider and water kefir.Our conversation also works its way to wild v inoculated ferments and regular fermenting as a way to make meals in minutes...
2021-04-271h 00Ancestral Kitchen#4 - The 5 Most Expensive (And Yet The Cheapest) Foods"We make our bone broth almost exclusively out of garbage."What if eating real food didn't have to be prohibitively expensive? The most nutritious, real, nourishing foods have traditionally been the cheapest and simplest - conversely, the expensive, rich meals of the wealthy were often laborious productions involving sweets and refined foods.It's time to take back our ancestral wisdom and reclaim foods and skills that once belonged to the people, and have now been relegated to super-expensive and elite grocery stores at staggering prices.In this episode, Andrea and Alison will discuss...
2021-04-131h 24Ancestral Kitchen#3 - Why We Cook Ancestrally"I follow the river of joy, curiosity and passion. That's what has moved me into a place where cooking ancestrally is part of my life"Why do we cook ancestrally?We try to answer that question in this, our third episode.We cover:What cooking ancestrally means to us.Why we cook ancestrally.What cooking ancestrally looks like in our kitchens.Our conversation touches on sourcing/growing, what we eat, industrialisation, organ meat, preparing meals at home, 'fast' ancestral cooking, soaking and fermenting, drawing on multiple ancestors' traditions and our...
2021-03-281h 05Ancestral Kitchen#2 - Meet Alison of Ancestral Kitchen"For ages, I thought cooking wasn't creativity, that creativity was art; it was music - that kind of thing. It took many gentle, soft words from my husband, Rob, and much experimenting and changing for me to realise that what I was doing in the kitchen was just as creative as writing music."Come meet Alison, the European half of Ancestral Kitchen, in this second 'meet' episode of our podcast.You'll hear about the life she's created in Italy with her husband and 6-year old son. We cover her health journey, including her 10-stone (140lb...
2021-03-131h 04Ancestral Kitchen#1 - Meet Andrea of Farm and Hearth"When we eat close to the land, everything is about connection"Come meet Andrea, the American half of Ancestral Kitchen, in this kick-off episode of our podcast.You'll hear about her life, family and newly-created farm as we cover such topics as taking ownership, moving from the city to a farmstead, not being able to 'un-know' something, eating close to home, heritage breeds, tiny kitchens and how it's all about connection!We'd love to continue the conversation. Come find us on Instagram:Andrea is at Farm and HearthAlison...
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