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Weekend Link Love – Edition 430

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Research of the Week Researchers found an actual dinosaur tail with real feathers encased in amber. Tibetan dogs have wolf genes that enable high-altitude living. Giving coconut oil to heart disease patients as their staple cooking fat is totally safe . Researchers recommend more testing of diets with low omega-6/omega-3 ratios for bipolar disorder. Enjoying exercise might be genetic . Sprinters have bigger hamstrings . Does the “food coma” have a physiological purpose ? Mice achieve protection against heart disease and a longer lifespan when they eat spermidine , a compound found in aged cheeses, beans, and, well… New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 146: Dr. Gary Foresman—Breast Health Part 2 : Dr. Gary Foresman returns to the podcast to dig even deeper into breast health. Each week, select Mark’s Daily Apple blog posts are prepared as Primal Blueprint Podcasts. Need to catch up on reading, but don’t have the time? Prefer to listen to articles while on the go? Check

The Chef’s Take: Chestnuts

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Nat King Cole first started crooning about chestnuts roasting on an open fire in the 1940s, and the nostalgic scent of these plump, shiny beauties wafting from street corners remains a comforting symbol amid the frenetic swirl of holiday shopping and shindigs December usually promises. Simply baking the chestnuts (don’t forget to score each one and give them a good soak before opening that oven door) is a surefire way to please guests, as is folding them into stuffing or using them to dot a chocolate cake. But chestnuts are rather versatile, which means chefs around the country are also using chestnuts to lend a festive touch to their winter dishes. For Greg Guevin, chef at Russell House Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it was boredom of “the grilled vegetable platter ubiquitous to restaurants, the generic default option that gets no love” that led to him reach for chestnuts. His imaginative lasagna (pictured above) shuns pasta noodles for sheets of shaved potato that are layere

High Low High 16

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Hey, friends! A very happy Sunday to you! First things first: If you haven’t had a chance to fill out the 2017 CNC Reader Survey , please do! Tomorrow (Monday) is the final day that it’ll be open and then we’ll tally up the results later this week. Many, many, MANY thanks to those of you who have already participated. It means a lot to me! Ok, now onto a little recap from our weekend a la High Low High where I share both the high and low points from it. I always like to end on a high note, so there’s typically more highs than lows! Here we go… HIGH: Date night with Mal at Solstice . Hooray! We finally made it! We’ve talked about visiting Solstice for months now. We even drove down two different times to Kingston with the intention of going, but then things didn’t work out, so I’m so happy that we finally had a chance to diner there. It was totally worth the wait. The atmosphere was great. We sat at the bar and enjoyed our experience with the service, bartender, etc. The food was e

Clean Eating Slow Cooker Taco Soup Recipe

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I think most of you know by now that I have serious love for Mexican flavors. The Mexican food section of my blog is always growing because I just can’t get enough! I did a taco soup recipe a while… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2gonriL