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Holiday Pageants, Parties & Pancakes

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HOW is it December 18th already? I feel like it was just Thanksgiving, and I couldn’t wait to get going all things Christmas and now it’s just a week away. Holy cow. I mean, remember when you were a kid and Christmas took FOREVER to get here? Now, it just flies by too fast. Anyway, we enjoyed quite the holiday-filled weekend. Here’s a little recap! FRIDAY On Friday night, Mal and I had the pleasure of attending Quinn’s school’s rendition of the “Night Before Christmas.” He had such a blast signing and dancing with the other kids on stage. He was a reindeer and the cutest one ever. Post-pageant, I enjoyed quite the tasty Caulipower Margarita Pizza . Really, this is the best cauliflower pizza crust I’ve ever tried. Ok, well, their Three Cheese is the best flavor I’ve tried, but all of them are really good! Even Mal and Quinn will eat them. SATURDAY Mal had “Saturday School” on Saturday morning, so it was just Quinn and me flying solo, but I lovvvvvee our Quinn and Mumma ...

Dear Mark: Carbs and Serum Saturated Fat, Fat and Polyphenols, and Avocado Oil for Searing

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark , I’m answering three questions from readers. All three questions come from last week’s saturated fat post. First, I explore the true reason for increases in serum palmitic acid—too many carbs. Second, I investigate whether dairy or saturated fat affect polyphenol absorption, and whether it actually matters. And finally, I discuss the merits of avocado oil for high heat cooking and searing. Let’s go: You didn’t mention that the level of palmitic acid in serum is controlled by dietary carbohydrate – this has been known since 1955 if not earlier, and more recently demonstrated in humans by Jeff Volek’s team. http://ift.tt/2myxAQp Thanks, George. Great post, by the way. Love your stuff . I did mention that “the only time we get a huge influx of pure palmitic acid is when we eat too many carbohydrates and our liver converts the excess into palmitic acid.” That’s de novo lipogenesis, the creation of (saturated) fat from glucose. It occurs in people...

Weekend Getaway + Santa’s Twin

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We had a wonderful weekend-before-Christmas! Merry, merry time. On Friday night we went out to Thomas’s parents’ house for his dad’s birthday dinner. Love a roaring fire! We had apps, wine and stir fry for dinner, all made by Thomas’s aunt! We had Paradox Pastry cheesecake for dessert! It was huge, and we were sent home with a few large slices of leftovers – yum! Friday night cozy: Saturday jammie time! Saturday morning T made us jalapeno omelets! He’s done this two or three times lately with chopped pickled jalapenos and cheese. The balance of spice and tart from the pickle is outstanding! We walked Mazen down to Matt’s with Gus, and then packed up and headed out of town for the night. Our first stop was T’s parents (again) to drop Gus off for the night. We stopped into Pippin Hill Farm for a glass of wine and a late lunch! After a short wait, we lucked out with one of the hot spots on the porch with a view. Pippin Hill is the happenin’ place to be on a Saturday the...