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Ancestral Kitchen#123 - Celebrating Real Pork - History, Sourcing & A Mouth-Watering Recipe BookSausages, bacon, crackling – good pork can be heavenly food. But both of us know that, sometimes, in the ancestral food world, pork is viewed as the poorer cousin to grass-fed beef or pastured chicken. That needn't be the case and this episode will put real pork where it deserves to be - at the centre of our plates. We'll give you some fascinating history bites, we'll talk about how the Industrial Revolution changed mainstream pigs, and we will lay out how buying real, pastured, pork is a positive, health-giving and delicious choice for you and those you love. Expect to...
2026-01-061h 41Ancestral Kitchen#111 - Prep and Pack Travel Meals: How to Vacation Like a PeasantTraveling and vacation is so much fun until you get the bill for all the meals you ate out, and you get a tummy ache for all those weird ingredients your body just didn’t like. If you have allergies and food sensitivities it’s even more difficult, finding somewhere safe to eat is just about impossible. We have both found that when we travel we just do better if we bring a lot of our own food with us. In this episode we are going to talk about our best tips for preparing, what kinds of food we brin...
2025-06-171h 33Ancestral 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.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *...
2025-01-211h 21Ancestral Kitchen#95 - Let's Make a Christmas Pudding!What is a Christmas pudding and how did it develop into the U.K.'s favourite festive dessert? What's inside one and, importantly, how can you make one in your kitchen?In this episode we'll talk about the fascinating history of Christmas pudding and then dive into the practicalities of making your very own festive pudding.What are the ingredients? How can you combine them? What's the cooking method? How do you serve it and what can you do with the leftovers?We'll cover recipes from as far back as 1300 right up to t...
2024-11-051h 14Ancestral Kitchen#86 - Let's Capture & Preserve Your Ancestral StoriesIn this podcast we celebrate and share ancestral food…the things that our great grandmothers, and their great grandmothers used to do. The wisdom we can gather listening to and reading the stories of their work has the power to change our modern day food world.In this episode Andrea and I will put out a call for you to send us your own ancestral stories and we’ll also celebrate people who have collected and treasured this knowledge by sharing four beautiful, evocative pieces of food wisdom hand-picked by some of our favourite authors. Be prepared to be...
2024-06-181h 23Ancestral KitchenJune Special Announcement!Welcome to June! It's a wild month for both Alison and Andrea - Andrea is having a baby, and Alison is moving back from Italy to the UK! To celebrate all the big changes and upheaval in our lives we wanted to have something special for all our listeners.We are offering a 16% discount - that is the maximum Patreon would allow us to give - on our annual Patreon supporter memberships. Sign up to be part of the community for a year - you'll make one payment and get all of the benefits for 12 months.
2024-06-0100 minAncestral Kitchen#75 - Sandor Katz: Wild Yeast, Small Food & The War On BacteriaIf you asked both Andrea and I who's inspired us the most we'd both put our guest today, Sandor Katz, right up there in our top couple of names. We've read his books, underlining phrase after phrase, we've taken his advice; we've made his ferments, so many of his ferments. He's inspired, educated, and hand-held us both through our food fermentation journeys.Coming up is a fascinating and informative conversation that covers what Sandor grows and ferments, safety and fermentation, wild starters versus commercial yeast and how you can utilise wild yeast in your ferments, the war...
2024-01-1651 minAncestral Kitchen#70 - Fermenting OatsOats are one of my ultimate comfort foods. Golden, creamy, filling, tasty - what is there not to love? It's been that way for me for a long time. Long before I realised that huge swathes of my English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestors subsisted on oats, sometimes eating them three times a day for many generations.Today we'll focus on the oat, and fermenting oats. Finally Andrea let me out of my cage to talk about some of the research I've been doing into this wonderful grain over the last year. Listen in and I'm sure...
2023-11-071h 04Ancestral 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#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#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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Get more news from Alison & Andrea by signing up to their newsletter here.For a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient Grains sign up for...
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!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Get more news from Alison & Andrea by signing up to their newsletter here.For a free 30-p...
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...
2023-03-141h 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...
2023-02-281h 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...
2023-02-141h 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....
2023-01-311h 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...
2023-01-171h 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Get more news from Alison & Andrea by signing up to their newsletter here.For a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient G...
2023-01-0358 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!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Get more news from Alison & Andrea by signing up to their newsletter here.For a free 30-page guide to Baking...
2022-12-201h 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...
2022-12-061h 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...
2022-11-221h 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...
2022-11-081h 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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Get more news from Alison & Andrea by signing up...
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 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#30 - The Whole Chicken & Nothing But The Chicken"A whole chicken is one of the most economical things you can bring into your kitchen" Jamie Waldron, ButcherThe chicken, the whole chicken, and nothing but the chicken! Pasture-raised, ethical meat is a popular catch-phrase nowadays, but can it really be affordable? In this episode we will show you that it is, and how becoming fluent in "whole chicken" will make your meals more nutritious, delicious, easy AND budget-friendly. We'll also bust a few chicken myths and share how we utilize whole chickens - including the odd bits - in our kitchens!Love what...
2022-04-2652 minAncestral 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...
2022-03-291h 31Ancestral 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...
2022-03-151h 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.
2022-03-011h 18Ancestral Kitchen#25 - Holistic Hilda from the Wise Traditions PodcastI have hope because I feel that enough of us know that there is a way out. - HildaHilda Labrada Gore is one of the most well-known voices in the ancestral health space. As the presenter of the hugely popular Wise Traditions podcast, she has spoken with health, agriculture and wellness leaders from all corners of the globe! Today, instead, she gets to take the guest seat and be the subject of a podcast interview! Alison and Andrea each brought their questions and asked her about what she has learned from hosting over 350 interviews in seven...
2022-02-1550 minAncestral 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...
2022-02-011h 16Ancestral 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...
2022-01-111h 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...
2022-01-041h 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...
2021-12-071h 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...
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Infused OilersPumpkin Spice Hygge: The Ultimate Fall ClassGet ready for pumpkin spice and everything nice! We have some fun historical information to back up your love of the spice, and some great ways to save you money while keeping your house smelling aromatic, healthful and delicious all fall - and diffuser bombs, pumpkin spice creamer, and MORE!Google Drive for Recipes, Labels and MOREMatte Waterproof Stickers for ALL Our Labels6-Pack of Glass Spray BottlesThieves Cleaner and Healthy Home Management VIDEO ClassFollow Sabrina on InstagramFollow Elaine on Instagram...
2021-10-1348 minAncestral 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...
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Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 32, 33 & 34Oh my gosh, it's the end!!! What a ride! Tell me what you think of the story. Do you actually *like* any of the characters?! If not, what kept you listening?Chapters 32, 33 & 34 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud...
2021-07-041h 09Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 29, 30 & 31Chapters 29, 30 & 31 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-07-0341 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 26, 27 & 28Chapters 26, 27 & 28 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-2751 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 24 & 25Chapters 24 & 25 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-2631 minAncestral 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 18Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 22 & 23Chapters 22 &23 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-2032 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 20 & 21Chapters 20 & 21 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-1952 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 18 & 19Chapters 18 & 19 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-1332 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 17Chapters 17 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-1241 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 15 & 16Chapters 15 & 16 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-1029 minAncestral 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 19Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 13 & 14Chapters 13 & 14 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-06-0544 minAncestral 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 09Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 11 & 12Chapters 11 & 12 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-05-2255 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 10Chapter 10 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-05-2140 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 9Chapter 9 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From AlisonWuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-05-1436 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 8Chapter 8 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From Alison:Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the...
2021-05-1422 minAncestral 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 22Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 7Chapter 7 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From Alison:I'm getting better! Half-way through this chapter things started to click. I'm hoping my reading will be more engaging from now on in.Very exciting developments in this chapter!Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of...
2021-05-0623 minAncestral 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 00Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 6Chapter 6 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From Alison:Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with...
2021-04-2317 minInfused Oilers30 Minute Thieves Cleaner WorkshopSpring Cleaning without the headache?Well, without the chemical headache, anyway!Let's talk about cleaning the conventional way, what's new with Thieves, how to get started.Ask the person who sent you this video for their link to get started with Thieves Cleaner! The Laundry Room Makeover Workshop I refer to in the video.The video version of this episode Andrea can be found here on Instagram, and on her blog here.
2021-04-2128 minCommonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 4 & 5Chapter 4 & 5 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From Alison:Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with...
2021-04-1825 minAncestral 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...
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Infused DiamondsHow To Teach Anything: Einkorn Edition - CLASS BEGINS at 0:14*CLASS STARTS at minute 14* BABY CHICKS were cheeping in the background, I hope it isn’t too bothersome!!!! In this class, I will teach you a super simple format that you can use to teach about ANY topic or subject that interests you or your audience -- I'll use Einkorn as my example topic! You will be able to use this format a thousand times over again to teach custom classes and enroll people with customized bundles using the new enhancements from Young Living!Download the R...
2021-04-071h 19Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapter 3Chapter 3 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback.From Alison:Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with...
2021-03-2933 minAncestral 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 05Commonplace Read-AloudWuthering Heights - Chapters 1 & 2Chapters 1 and 2 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchenFrom Alison:Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here.A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with my son and...
2021-03-1538 minAncestral 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...
2021-03-0550 minInfused Diamonds90 Day Run and 90 Days of Health BrainstormHey, anyone wanna do this with me? This idea is honestly gold and needs to be used. - AndreaOriginally aired January 6, 2020
2020-12-0756 minInfused OilersCLEANSE SERIES: Super Simple Hormone CleanseThis is the easiest, simplest hormone cleanse of all time. This was given to Andrea by a personal friend of Gary Young's on the bus driving back to Spokane after visiting the St Marie's farm, during Gold Retreat.WATCH the video on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/395516979Learn how to do a receptor site hormone cleanse using Thieves, a custom roller recipe I learned from one of Gary Young's personal close friends, and Progessence plus as part of a hormone cleanse.Originally aired March 3, 2020
2020-12-0629 minInfused OilersEPIC DIY! Laundry Room MakeoverThe class we are MOST famous for. Absolutely outstanding content and recipes.Created by Anny Jo Brown, taught here by Andrea Huehnerhoff.For recipes - see the files section of Infused Oilers Facebook Group.Originally aired October 1, 2019
2020-12-0546 minInfused OilersWellness 101: Beginning With a Starter KitAndrea Huehnerhoff teaches her basic Wellness 101 - intro to the starter kit and Young Living.I definitely say hell once in here!Originally aired May 15, 2019
2020-12-0550 minInfused DiamondsConvention Experience Panel: Gary, Andrea, HannahGary and Andrea Huehnerhoff and Hannah Woltersdorf share their experience of attending Young Living Convention in 2019
2020-11-281h 22Infused DiamondsPROPEL Part 10: Led by Andrea HuehnerhoffOriginally aired March 25, 2019Find Niccole's amazing workbook here:https://inspiredsharing.com/products/propel
2020-11-2856 minInfused DiamondsPROPEL Part 6: Led by Andrea HuehnerhoffOriginally aired March 4, 2018Find Niccole's amazing workbook here:https://inspiredsharing.com/products/propel
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