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Wanna dive deep into understanding how our family has made the transition to Eat Like a Human?

Take a look at our blog posts (or short dissertations if Bill is the author). From drinking blood and milk in Kenya to Bill’s ears getting destroyed in YouTube comments to making sourdough pasta as a family – everything ties back to the lessons we have learned about learning to eat like a human.

Excited to have you on the journey with us!

Assortment of sourdough pastries

Happy National Croissant Day!

by Bill

Enjoying a croissant is one of life’s guilty pleasures. Everything about it – from the first sight of the golden exterior to the rich aroma and buttery goodness that hits you as you first bite through their flaky exterior exposing a web-like matrix of layers inside – the entire experience of enjoying a well-made croissant …

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Connecting in Hunt Class

The Genuine Need for Connection

by Bill

The disconnect is real.   The number one thing missing in our food system, the very thing that can help heal our species and save the planet if we can reclaim it . . . is connection.   The Last Hunter-Gatherers There are a small handful of humans left on the planet that obtain the majority of …

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Boston Creme Donut

A New Year’s Resolution & Boston Cream Donuts

by Bill

My quintessential “cheat” food before I went on a diet has always been the Boston Cream Donut. Whether, in preparation for a “New Year, New You” on New Year’s Eve, or even on random days when I was unhappy with my weight, it always meant a quick drive to Dunkin Donuts to purchase three Boston …

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Coffee and pickles

Yes, I ate a fried pickle

by Bill

I have this strange personality quirk. Well, I have several, but there is one that I would like to share with you here.  I visit places I have heard mentioned in songs that I love.  Yes, one of my bucket list items is to stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.  One day, I’ll make …

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Overcoming Vacation Mode

by Bill

Vacation mode is a term our family uses when I get into a super silly mood during family vacations.  And, while letting my guard down to that level is a very, very good thing for me it can be a little irritating to everyone else.  But, for this blog post I would like to also use it …

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“What foods can satisfy my body’s nutritional needs?”

by Bill

The final installment of our three part blog!  This one addresses the question, “What foods can satisfy my body’s nutritional needs?” This is an incredibly complex, nuanced, and difficult question to answer.  Frankly, I do not have a direct answer; in fact, I don’t think anyone does.  What I would like to do here instead …

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Bill in Ethiopia

“What is my body designed to eat?”

by Bill

In our second installment of our three blog post series focused on answering important questions concerning what human appropriate foods we will address the second question, “what is my body designed to eat?” This question is equally as interesting (and complicated) as the one we tackled last week, “What foods are ‘made’ for us humans …

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Cheese cooking

Is Cow’s Milk Meant for Baby Cows?

by Bill

I received an email recently that inspired this blog.  In it, the author of the email asked me the question, “Isn’t cow’s milk meant for baby cows?” It’s a good question.  This, and questions like it seem to be increasingly common as we seek to identify a diet that is not just nourishing, but also …

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November Intensive Class

A class so intensive Bill actually lost his voice

by Bill

Perhaps you noticed some new faces hanging around the Modern Stone Age Kitchen and Eastern Shore Food lab this past week. If so, they were probably a part of the first group to ever complete our Eat Like a Human multi-day intensive program! These twelve students flew in from from Arizona and drove in from …

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meat-up group at cocktail hour

Connecting over mEAT

by Bill

This past weekend we co-hosted our first mEAT UP at the Modern Stone Age Kitchen and it was a huge success!  One of the themes that emerged throughout the day was the importance of connection and the various connections that were made throughout the day provide the perfect lens through which to convey what made …

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Bill, Christina & Billy goose hunting

Toward a More Nourishing, Ethical and Sustainable Approach to Hunting

by Bill

I eat meat.  Well, more accurately, I eat animals since we practice nose-to-tail butchering, cooking and eating in our home and include more than just the meat from animals in our diet.  I also hunt.  In fact, I love to hunt and want to do everything I can to help preserve our access to hunting …

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Dr. Bill at WAP 2022

Coming Full Circle with Nourishing Traditions

by Bill

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats has been my go-to kitchen resource for many years.  Although it was published in 1995, I didn’t get my hands on a copy until about 5 years later.  And, actually, that was a good thing.   Are you ready to question contemporary nutritional thought? In 1995, …

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Dinner in Cabin

A Tale of Three Nordic Meals

by Bill

The goal, each and every time we get up from the table after finishing a meal, should be to feel better than when we first sat down to enjoy it. And, that is how you attain true nourishment. Sounds simple, right? Then, why is it so difficult to achieve? One of the reasons is because …

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Pieces of pretzel lesson

What Can You Learn From a Sourdough Pretzel?

by Bill

I believe food is one of the most powerful educational tools imaginable. That is why it has been the focus of my teaching ever since I first became a teacher. This is especially true during my time as an anthropology and archaeology professor where the focus of everything I taught was on culture. Just think …

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Almond post

Why we don’t use almond flour (and never will)

by Bill

Several months ago while on stage at KetCon, one of the largest keto-based conferences in the world, I informed everyone I will never eat almonds again. Doesn’t seem like a big deal, right? Well, imagine telling a group of people, all focused on eating a low carb diet, that one of the staple ingredients they …

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Pizza dough being stretched by oven

Taste & Feel the Difference of Cloud Flour

by Bill

Our pizza crust just got a makeover – and it’s now healthier than ever!!!   We just started using a new flour for our sourdough pizza dough last week and are so excited to tell you all about it!  It is called Nuvola which is Italian for “cloud”.   It comes from Caputo, a company which …

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croissants

Always a teacher. Forever a student.

by Bill

An early morning but oh so worth it! The alarm went off much earlier than usual this past Wednesday morning. At 3:30 am I quickly showered, dressed, and tiptoed out of the house to make sure I didn’t wake Christina, Alyssa, Billy, or worse, Teddy and climbed into the jeep to start my drive to …

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ham sandwich

The Power of 2 Slices of Bread

by Bill

How much of an impact do two slices of bread make on your health? Plenty!  That is, if you make the decision to replace the slices of modern commercial bread you eat each day on your sandwich with slices of wild, long fermented sourdough bread. And, do it every day. Look, we all know that …

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Yogurt glass containers fermenting

Not all yogurts are created equal….

by Bill

In the 1970’s, Americans were introduced to two things that were previously not on their radar – a strange, white, viscous, and slightly sour food and the country, Georgia (then, part of the Soviet Union). Both were the focus of a powerful advertising campaign by Dannon who was attempting to increase sales on the food …

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Bill, Christina & Alyssa outside MSAK

Our Open Access Kitchen

by Bill

We are trying to change the kitchen dynamic The open source software movement of the 1990’s provided people and small business access to software that was otherwise cost prohibitive due to proprietary software companies charging exorbitant fees.  More recently, open access in the 2000’s made research materials, peer reviewed articles and other academic materials available …

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Tortillas

Judging Food by its Cover part 2

by Bill

You know the saying, you should never judge a book by its cover? Well, that doesn’t hold true for food. In fact, you should ALWAYS judge a food by its cover. For some reason the culinary world has become complacent when it comes to what our food is encased in – and, we consumers have let …

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Infographic fermented potato chips

What makes our fermented potato chips different?

by Bill

Like everything else it’s all about the way we process and cook our potato chips to: Reduce the toxins in the potatoes Reduce the cancer causing acrylamide production Eliminate the use of industrial nut and seed oils Okay, in order to understand how important all of this is you need you understand that potatoes, despite …

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The key to eating healthy on vacation . . . 

by Bill

We just got back from a much needed vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and I am so proud of the delicious and nourishing meals we prepared throughout the week. We ate out once (and had a really nice meal at the Urban Kitchen in Corolla), but otherwise relied upon high quality ingredients …

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Pouring yogurt

Adding Dairy to Your Diet

by Bill

Happy World Milk Day! We wanted to celebrate World Mike Day by sharing a video and some pictures from when we were doing research on Mursik, a fermented ash yogurt in West Pokot, Kenya. Scroll to the end to get our Top 4 Tips for Integrating Dairy in the healthiest and most sustainable ways possible. …

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