tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1869464216632461090..comments2024-03-28T16:47:51.948-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The Naked CookOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73276867231054915202022-05-09T17:20:51.565-04:002022-05-09T17:20:51.565-04:00cooking is like most things takes practise.cooking is like most things takes practise.carsonhttp://www.mywickedblog.sugarandhoney.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20563653846138443552015-02-26T15:47:46.007-05:002015-02-26T15:47:46.007-05:00I am shocked. EvKa must be on a non-cooked vegan ...I am shocked. EvKa must be on a non-cooked vegan diet. What else could explain him missing a straight line like this one: "In a few societies, it's much more significant for a woman to feed a man than to have sex with him. If she gives him dinner, they're married."<br /><br />As a personal aside, Michael, thank you for shedding light my long held, innate fear of accepting dinner invitations.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64182725504637625982015-02-26T13:59:38.992-05:002015-02-26T13:59:38.992-05:00Now THAT'S a fabricated alibi if I've ever...Now THAT'S a fabricated alibi if I've ever heard one! You should write a mystery novel...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4529700329122736722015-02-26T13:30:57.393-05:002015-02-26T13:30:57.393-05:00EvKa, I am so sorry not to be at LCC! Unfortunatel...EvKa, I am so sorry not to be at LCC! Unfortunately I'm in the middle of teaching at the University here. But I'm up for Bouchercon!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48453759052606605802015-02-26T13:21:34.703-05:002015-02-26T13:21:34.703-05:00Annamaria, that is my staple diet. And it keeps ...Annamaria, that is my staple diet. And it keeps me looking young. I am actually 127 years old.<br />EvKa, 49, 323 now!Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-13607431565407586062015-02-26T13:09:26.828-05:002015-02-26T13:09:26.828-05:00Oh... and I forgot to mention: only TWO WEEKS unti...Oh... and I forgot to mention: only TWO WEEKS until LCC 2015! Be there or be... absent. And disappointed. See the Pacific Northwest. Experience 55F temperatures and liquid water falling from the skies, free for all to do with as you wish. And I'll be there. What more could you want?Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6418828043590808762015-02-26T13:05:39.744-05:002015-02-26T13:05:39.744-05:00Great column, Michael, thanks. The book sounds ve...Great column, Michael, thanks. The book sounds very interesting.<br /><br />AmA: I've rubbed elbows with enough faddists of one religion or another over the years to know that it's all dust in the wind of my gaseous outflows caused by undigested (except by bacteria) foodstuffs. Everyone wants to think they're brilliant and have come up with the One True Way, something no one else has ever thought of before in our millions of years of history. It could happen. But I'll let others throw their bodies on spikes of verification. Someone trying hard to convince you of something is one of the first and greatest signals that it's time to raise your defenses and light the watch towers...<br /><br />Caro: Congratulations! Just yesterday you were at 45 000 words, today you're at 48 000. At that pace, in a couple of weeks, you're bound to have a good, solid short story!<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-7724808219806640682015-02-26T12:37:28.329-05:002015-02-26T12:37:28.329-05:00Please reassure me that wine, chocolate and coffee...Please reassure me that wine, chocolate and coffee are whole foods. Being Italian, I am definitely on board with fresh and unprocessed. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21107250050437465352015-02-26T11:57:09.389-05:002015-02-26T11:57:09.389-05:00See, this is why I don't cook. I refuse to con...See, this is why I don't cook. I refuse to contribute to my own subjugation. :D<br /><br />The latest research on diet indicates that THE most important thing is eating food that is "minimally processed" and as close to its origin as you can. Which doesn't mean eating raw meat, it does mean eating better quality, grass-fed meat, as just one example. And probably it's best not to try and live on sugared cereals. Anyway, what was interesting -- I just read this last night -- is that it doesn't seem to matter all that much whether you eat a Mediterranean Diet or even a protein-focused caveman thing -- the key is eating whole foods. Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1228786578363318412015-02-26T09:52:42.750-05:002015-02-26T09:52:42.750-05:00I know the type you mean Annamaria, I have a patie...I know the type you mean Annamaria, I have a patient who only eats foods of a certain colour on certain days of the week. I kid you not.<br /><br />But I do feel there is a movement towards eating less meat, or eating meat that is better quality. I’ve been veggie for 36 years, and I do think there is a drift towards the ‘plant based wholefood diet’. Is that a euphemism for veganism? <br /> Or is there polarisation? The fast food lot on one side, the ‘grape-eaters’ on the other. What gene pool of those two will be passed on?<br /><br />I’m doing a course on the causes of obesity and the treatment of it. The figures are astounding and terrifying. If deaths linked to obesity were linked to ebola or bird flu, there would be outrage. But it is a silent killer and we accept it. We accept obesity in five year old children. And that is a scandal.<br /><br />However, I will get off my soapbox now as that wasn’t really what the original blog was about… and I need to eat more chocolate. I am at 48 000 words of the new book and my brain needs calories. <br />Writing is hard work, that is a point of agreement.<br /><br />Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-13238100068703619592015-02-26T09:36:11.950-05:002015-02-26T09:36:11.950-05:00Yes, Annamaria is spot on. The issue is not being ...Yes, Annamaria is spot on. The issue is not being a vegetarian or a carnivore. Both easily acquire enough nutrition for a healthy (or even overweight) lifestyle. The issue is whether you COOK the food or not. Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-92163229379011631732015-02-26T09:19:24.902-05:002015-02-26T09:19:24.902-05:00Please note, Caro, that I am NOT dissing Vegetaria...Please note, Caro, that I am NOT dissing Vegetarians. I am commenting on the more arcane diet faddists, especially the ones who can't let off proselytizing about their latest fad diet. Vegetarianism is in a different category. It is often based on philosophical considerations. It is not just another food fad. It's the faddists that make me want to scream!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4132236740782278492015-02-26T09:16:02.779-05:002015-02-26T09:16:02.779-05:00Ooh, ooh, did somebody mention chocolate? I'll...Ooh, ooh, did somebody mention chocolate? I'll have you know that I am plenty fast enough to run a frisky Cadbury's bar to ground and kill it with my bare teeth once I've done so.<br /><br />But eating ourselves to death as a species? Oh yes. Without a doubt.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-55960223357345093142015-02-26T09:00:52.324-05:002015-02-26T09:00:52.324-05:00"Well it works for me. So am I further back t..."Well it works for me. So am I further back the evolutionary tree than you lot? I'm fine with that," said Scotticus Vegetarius as she dragged her knuckles along the ground to the fridge. Veggies do eat less calories at meal times to leave calories free for the consumption of important things- like good wine and chocolate. Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12602355705799458092015-02-26T08:58:47.389-05:002015-02-26T08:58:47.389-05:00The BBQ thing? Because they see it as culturally s...The BBQ thing? Because they see it as culturally significant!<br /><br />As to eating ourselves to death, he's got stuff to say on that count too. Apparently this whole calories thing is so crude it's practically creation science. The bottom line is that we eat too much whatever we think!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80677135478506169722015-02-26T08:54:20.378-05:002015-02-26T08:54:20.378-05:00Annamaria, you are absolutely right. The first cha...Annamaria, you are absolutely right. The first chapter of the book is devoted to exactly that topic - in particular that raw food fadists eat the normal amount of calories, but lose weight. That's because we're not designed to chew and digest it anymore. And if they think it's more 'natural,' well, not for our species it's not!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-11390071948567845582015-02-26T08:53:35.027-05:002015-02-26T08:53:35.027-05:00Well our jaws go sideways. Our colons are short. ... Well our jaws go sideways. Our colons are short. Our digits are long and dexterous. Try as I might I can't run fast enough to catch a rabbit. I'm not strong enough to kill a cow. I don't have the claws or the teeth. Or the inclination. My molars are flat for grinding.<br />You can read into our past as a species and make up the narrative, but as a species we are now eating ourselves to death.<br />And I bet that will get blamed on women as well.<br />And Michael, so why do men always have to do the BBQ thing? Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76545222145908900312015-02-26T08:34:02.305-05:002015-02-26T08:34:02.305-05:00Michael, I was inclined take up the discussion of ...Michael, I was inclined take up the discussion of the subjugation of woman, but it is the thesis of my WIP and my brain is teeming with too many ideas for this little box I am writing in. I will bring up, instead, the Paleo diet and the Raw food Movement--weight loss regimens the have been making the rounds in the US for a few years now. The notion is that you will lose weight naturally if you eat like a caveman or never heat your food over 138 F. From what you write here and similar thoughts I have learned from other sources, eating cooked food--especially meat--freed up blood from the digestive tract and made it available to develop the brain. All the drivel I have heard from the practitioners of the Paleo and Raw Food Diets leads me to believe that they have found a way to reverse evolution and are quickly reverting to the intelligence of AustralopithecusAnnamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-11020155721454633232015-02-26T08:31:50.334-05:002015-02-26T08:31:50.334-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.com