food/drink

Yes, paleo-eating is not sustainable. Big deal.

May 31, 2011

The question of a paleo/primal diet being sustainable for the world’s population is a recurring one over at PaleoHacks. The issue is simple: if we remove grains from the diet, a staple of pretty much every poor country out there, then how can we realistically replace those calories with food that do meet paleo/primal standards. [...]

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Sustainability and beef.

April 15, 2011

Since switching to a “paleo” diet, we’ve increased our consumption of beef, and a common criticism we’ve heard as a result is that eating beef is not sustainable. Specific arguments include: Raising cows is a direct cause of desertification. The massive demand for beef promotes slash-and-burn of rain-forests. By some estimates, 2500 gallons of water [...]

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Our paleo challenge.

January 11, 2011

While we’ve already been eating healthier in recent years than we used to, it wasn’t until we stumbled across the “hunter-gatherer” diet that we really started to evaluate our food intake. Our goal has never been to lose weight, but from an overall health perspective, we found it fascinating that western foods aren’t particularly good [...]

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Pepsi beats Coca-Cola to retro-soda?

February 21, 2009

Apparently, Pepsi realized that people love soda made with cane sugar, and would rather drink these types of variants than the mass-market versions made with high-fructose corn syrup. While more expensive to produce, there’s clearly a market for this, which is why people seek out Mexican Coke in the States when possible, despite the cheaper [...]

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Starbucks Gold Card: totally worth it.

November 26, 2008

We’re not Starbucks whores as it were, but we certainly enjoy our fancy Starbucks espresso beverages, be that a simple latte, or a fancy seasonal like Starbucks’ exceptional Pumpkin Spice Latte. We’ve done the Starbucks card thing in the past, but unless the two-hours of free internet accompanying a drink purchase is what you’re after, [...]

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BuzzCap: Apocalypto.

September 24, 2008

Warning: spoilers below. Apocalypto is the touching tale of an Indian a Mexican a Native American who changes colour. He comes from a small village that calls pigs “tapirs”, and hunts them with intricate booby traps that would make Indiana Jones jealous. The chameleone-sque Native American, named Jaguar Paw, is a practical joker, much like [...]

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