Author: Alison

Alison talks to Naomi, a Canadian in Slovakia, of Almost Bananas about traditional Slovakian pig butchery and all the foods that go along with it!

“The Ancestral Kitchen Challenge is here to spark your creative fire!” Andrea We 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…

“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…

What our own ancestral kitchens and this virtual community has taught us in 2021.

Festive traditions from both sides of the Altantic and a big heap of inspiring Christmas food ideas!

Think 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.

Think you have to give up comfort foods when you start eating ancestrally? Listen in to hear Alison and Andrea share their own comfort foods and discuss the fine line between a comforting food and an addiction.

Biome-enhancing biotics aren’t just about the well-known *pro*biotics. Listen in to hear all about the whole range of biotics, including prebiotics, probiotics, paraprobiotics and postbiotics. You’ll hear about the latest research into good bacteria as well as practical tips for including more of them in your diet.

Alison 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!

Cooking three meals a day from scratch, fermenting and baking bread – they all require kitchen equipment. But how much of it is actually essential? What’s really useful, and how do you manage it in a small space? Listen to Alison and Andrea share what equipment is in their kitchens, what they use it for and how they manage it.

Andrea and I are opening our fridges wide so you can have a nose inside two Ancestral Kitchen refrigerators!

Chocolate has a secret life. And learning about it will change your view of this food forever! Join us as we interview Marcos Patchett, author of the 700-page The Secret Life of Chocolate, about the ancestral, medicinal, cultural, psychological and mythological secrets of the cacao bean.

A few years back, I gave away my iPhone. This podcast is about why, about what I do now and about how my life has changed.

A bonus interview between my co-host Andrea and someone who has greatly inspired her lately – Instagram’s @wildquetzal

If you want to cook ancestrally, this is the book to have.

If you’re interested in whole grain sourdough baking (or soap-making) Elly is the one to know! She has two fantastic You Tube channels with wonderfully clear, non-nonsense recipes. Listen to us quiz her on all things sourdough *and* get a chat in about making your own soap too!

I’m trying to take supermarkets 100% out of my life. Listen to why and help hold me accountable here.

Everyone who’s passionate, creative and enthusiastic has experienced stress in the kitchen, right?! In this episode we deal with Kitchen Management and Burnout, giving them the attention and care they need. Listen in to feel met (we struggle too!) and hopefully pick up some ideas to take into your own kitchens.

A wide-ranging and inspiring discussion of all things sourdough!

“The best books are ones that spin you off on a path; imbue you with passion”

And these 6 do! Listen to hear Andrea and I talk about 3 books each. Hers are some of her favourites; mine are the ones I’m reading now.