Charlie cooked for her, her husband and her 2 children three times a day in a six and a half metre van with no oven, two burners and a tiny fridge all whilst travelling around Europe. Listen in as Alison interviews her about how she did it, finding good food on the road and what her experience gifted her.
For the first time on the podcast, I delve into the story of my 140lb (10 stone, 65kg) weight loss.
A whole chicken is one of the most economical meats out there. Listen in to hear Alison and Andrea talk about what you can save through buying a whole bird, what you should look out for when purchasing, along with how they cook whole chickens and how they use the meat and stock.
Hear Andrea talk of her experience growing up in a big family and then share her wisdom around raising a large family the ancestral way.
How 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…
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.
Hilda Labrada Gore, host of the long-running Wise Traditions podcast, is in the interview seat herself this time as Alison and Andrea question her on what she’s learnt from interviewing over 350 ancestral health experts.
Did you know that most Italians didn’t know our modern-day pizza until the 1970s or later? Listen in to hear the surprising history of the most-loved of Italian food along with an in-depth discussion of the practicalities of making it at home – dough, toppings and baking.
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 2022 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…
“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.