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When we last heard from director/screenwriter Shane Black, he was making "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," a move so full of awesomeness that I will punch you in the face if you don't like it. KKBB was five years ago, and Black fanboys such as myself have been patiently waiting for the action master's next project to surface. And now it has.
According to Aint't It Cool News (via Variety), Columbia Pictures has announced that Black will write and direct a feature film adaptation of "Doc Savage," a pulp comics character from the 1930's and 1940's. Allow me to acquaint you with Savage's character:
…A cross between "Sherlock Holmes with his deducting ability, Tarzan of the Apes with his towering physique and muscular ability, Craig Kennedy with his scientific knowledge, and Abraham Lincoln with his Christliness."
Through 181 novels, the fight against evil was on. From a headquarters on the 86th floor of a towering Manhattan skyscraper, Doc, his five pals – Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Ham and Monk – and occasionally his cousin Pat battled criminals the world over (and under) 12 times a year, from 1933 until early 1947; then the team's exploits dropped to every two months until the final three quarterly issues in 1949.
According to his profile, Savage is also "a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and, as revealed in "The Polar Treasure," a musician." Yes, but can he juggle? Savage has been played on the big screen once before, back in 1975 and starring Ron Ely. Arnold Schwarzenegger was also attached to the character before he became the governor of Colliefuniuh.
One glimpse at the character's profile and you go immediately to one place: Indiana Jones. When Steven Spielberg made "Raiders of the Lost Ark," he made it his expressed mission to make a movie that shared his joy of old pulp comics, and the Doc Savage character fits squarely in that era. Many have tried, over the years, to duplicate the magic of "Raiders." None have succeeded, least of all Spielberg himself.
But Black is eminently qualified to give it a shot. The man does action like few others, and now he has this 1930s superman to toy with. This will be a good time, provided no one forces him to cast one of those "Twilight" idiots.


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President Obama's a pretty smart guy, but he made one big dumb mistake when he started promoting the fiscal stimulus package six months ago. He said it was all about jobs, jobs, jobs, and the making of jobs for the millions of Americans who had already lost them.
Unfortunately, jobs are the very last thing to recover when the economy takes a dive -- something Obama surely knew even as he was suggesting near-instantaneous job creation with the stimulus package.
While it might be nice for people to see improved corporate earnings reports and a healthier stock market by the end of this year, they're not really going to feel like Obama's delivering on his promises until they get their jobs back. Which will be ... well, according to White House Budget Director Peter Orszag, "some time" from now.
"Unemployment will lag somewhat," Orszag told CNNChief National Correspondent John King, as the economy begins to turn around later this year.
"Firms — usually even after the economy begins to pick up again – they still remain reluctant to hire people for some period of time. So, the unemployment rate is going to remain elevated – too elevated and there are too many people who are suffering – for some period of time."
This is not exactly what you want to hear when you've already been out of work for 7 or 8 months, run out your unemployment benefits, and lost your house. Oh well! that's just the way the modern economy works, according to folks in the know.
The recovery, then, given the circumstances, is likely to come not with job growth, but "a diminution in job loss," as Mr. Hatzius put it. Like some other forecasters, he expects the economy to start growing by the end of the year.
Maybe that is already happening. But it is growth without jobs — yet another jobless recovery, like the last two, this time on a giant scale.
The few of us who will be able to score jobs in the future will either serve as wet nurses to an enfeebled and impoverished generation of Baby Boomers, or as indentured servants to the next generation of monsters who may grow up to spend as irresponsibly as their grandparents. Green shoots!
Behavioral economist Sara K. Smith writes for NBC and Wonkette.


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ASBMB members in the spotlight this month include Kevin P. Campbell, Douglas Coleman, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Sarah C. R. Elgin, Donald M. Engelman, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Daniele Piomelli, Lawrence A. Tabak, Wilfred A. van der Donk and Carl Ware.
Kevin P. Campbell, Roy J. Carver professor of physiology and biophysics and neurology at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, received the A. Ross McIntyre Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The award, given for contributions to the study of medicine or medical education, is named for A. Ross McIntyre, who was chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center department of physiology and pharmacology from 1935 to 1967.
Campbell is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator as well as director of the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center and chairman of the department of molecular physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa. His work focuses on dystrophin, a cytoskeletal protein that is absent in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Current projects in his laboratory include investigating the molecular pathogenesis of disorders of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex, looking at the mechanistic basis of maintaining muscle membrane integrity and investigating the structural basis of dystroglycan function as a basement membrane receptor.
Douglas Coleman and Jeffrey M. Friedman received the 2010 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for their discovery of leptin, a hormone that regulates appetite and body weight.
Coleman, an emeritus senior staff scientist at The Jackson Laboratory, established that an appetite-suppressing substance circulates in the bloodstream and signals a second molecule to curb hunger. Friedman, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and the Marilyn M. Simpson professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at Rockefeller University, isolated the gene that encodes the appetite suppressant and showed that fat cells release it. Their studies and subsequent findings demonstrated that the chemical leptin plays the central role in a self-regulating circuit: As fat accumulates, it exudes leptin, which binds to a receptor in the brain that quells the desire to eat.
Now in its 65th year, the Lasker Award is the nation's most distinguished honor for outstanding contributions to basic and clinical medical research. As many as 79 Lasker laureates also have received the Nobel Prize, including 30 in the past two decades.
Sarah C. R. Elgin, the Viktor Hamburger professor in arts and sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won the 2010 Janet Andersen Lecture Award from the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science for her mentoring of undergraduates. The annual award is named for Janet Andersen, a faculty member in the Hope College mathematics department who served as the Midstates Consortium director for five years before she died in an automobile accident in 2005.
Elgin has been an active proponent of science education at the K-12 level. In the early 1990s, she initiated a science education partnership between Washington University and the public schools in her St. Louis community to implement a novel "hands-on" science curriculum for grades K-8 and to bring hands-on DNA science to the high school genetics curriculum. Elgin also was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professorship in 2002, which she used to develop a course that couples the expertise of Washington University's world-renowned Genome Center with the enthusiasm and interest of undergraduates for the field of genomics.
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Donald M. Engelman, Eugene Higgins professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, recently were named fellows of the Biophysical Society. Society fellows are chosen based on their demonstrated excellence in science, contributions to the expansion of the field of biophysics and support of the Biophysical Society. The 2011 fellows will be honored at an awards ceremony during the Biophysical Society's 55th annual meeting this spring.
According to the Biophysical Society, Engelman was selected "for his substantial and highly influential contributions to the field of membrane structure and the interactions of lipid bilayers with proteins," whereas Lippincott-Schwartz was honored "for her ground-breaking advances in optical highlighter fluorescent protein technology and impact on the field of super-resolution microscopy."
The Biophysical Society, founded in 1956, is a professional scientific society established to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics.
Daniele Piomelli, Louise Turner Arnold chair in neurosciences and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, Irvine, is the recipient of one of the first-ever National Institute on Drug Abuse Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research. Piomelli will receive $500,000 per year for five years to support his research.
Piomelli plans to use the award to pursue a medication for smoking cessation using a novel approach of targeting the endogenous cannabinoid system. He will identify and optimize compounds that inhibit an enzyme called fatty acid-amide hydrolase, which degrades the endocannabinoid anandamide. Animal studies have shown that blocking FAAH reduces nicotine self-administration and prevents nicotine-induced reinstatement, a model of relapse.
"Science has clearly shown that drug addiction results from profound disruptions in brain structure and function, presenting numerous potential targets for medications development— yet, few medications have come to fruition," said NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow. "The array of creative problem-solving approaches submitted by the awardees could help us quicken the pace to find urgently needed medications for addiction."
Photo credit: University of California, Irvine.
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins announced the appointment of Lawrence A. Tabak as principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health.
Tabak assumes the position held by Raynard Kington, who served as NIH deputy director since 2003, as well as acting NIH director from October 2008 to August 2009. Kington is leaving the NIH to become the president of Grinnell College.
"I am delighted to have Dr. Tabak as deputy director during this critical time for biomedical research," said Collins. "His outstanding service in numerous activities across the NIH and combination of skills and experience will help the NIH move forward in these revolutionary times for the biomedical sciences."
Tabak has served as the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research since September 2000. He served as acting NIH deputy director in 2009 and, most recently, as the acting director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiative.
Tabak's major research focus has been on the biosynthesis and function of mucin-glycoproteins, molecules that are decorated heavily with sugars and help form the coating that protects the delicate inner soft (mucosal) tissues of the body.
Wilfred A. van der Donk, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Richard E. Heckert endowed chairman in chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was awarded the 2010 Jeremy Knowles Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry. He received the honor for his interdisciplinary work on the discovery and development of new antibiotics, the mechanism of fatty acid oxidation by cyclo-oxygenase and lipoxygenases and the development of new biocatalysts for use in the pharmaceutical industry.
The award itself consists of 2,000 British pounds and a medal that was presented at van der Donk's award this past September at the RSC conference in Durham, UK. As part of the award, van der Donk also will be delivering a lectureship at UK universities in March 2011.
van der Donk's research focuses on using organic chemistry and molecular biology to gain a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of enzyme catalysis. His group also is exploring the utility of enzymes in organic chemistry. A particular focus has been enzymatic reactions in the biosynthesis of antibiotics, and radical chemistry in proteins such as cyclo-oxygenase and lipoxygenase. His group also has investigated unusual enzymatic reactions involving reduced phosphorus compounds such as phosphite dehydrogenase and 2-hydroxy ethylphosphonate dioxygenase.
Carl Ware has been appointed director of the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. Prior to joining Sanford-Burnham, Ware headed the division of molecular immunology at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.
As director of the center, Ware will oversee the institute's work on conditions such as HIV, influenza, anthrax, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, autoimmune disorders and many other conditions. He plans to build the institute's ability to combat viral diseases and create partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to find new treatments for immune-based conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and lymphoma.
Ware's research is directed at understanding the structure-function, signaling pathways and clinical utility of cytokines of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily.
"We are very pleased that Carl has joined us at Sanford-Burnham," said CEO John Reed, professor and Donald Bren chief executive chair. "His insights into immune signaling and inflammation and his proven track record of translating basic research findings into new treatments will make a significant impact on our work in autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious and other diseases."
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Strong earthquake hits Mexico City
A strong earthquake on the Pacific coast of Mexico shook the capital today, sending frightened office workers streaming into the streets away from high-rise buildings.
The 6.8-magnitude quake hit near Tecpan de Galeana in southern Guerrero state about 188 miles (303km) south-west of Mexico City, according to the US Geological Survey.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake was very shallow, with a depth of 6.2 miles (10km).
There was only mild shaking in the resort city of Acapulco, according to an Associated Press reporter there.
Mexico City is vulnerable to distant earthquakes because much of it sits on top of the muddy sediments of drained lake beds. They wobble like jelly when the quake waves hit.
A 7.2-magnitude quake with an epicentre in the same region shook central and southern Mexico on April 18.
A magnitude-8.1 quake that killed at least 6,000 people and destroyed many buildings in Mexico City in 1985 was centred 250 miles (400km) away on the Pacific Coast.
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Happenings and a Fermented Giveaway
Hello friends,
I hope this finds you all doing well these days. I am making it through this especially frigid Pennsylvania winter. I am NOT a cold weather person so these last several months of snow and plunging temperatures has not been my scene. I'm ready for summer. Forget springtime and the rain. Bring on the hot temps!
I wanted to bring you up to date with a few things happening around the whole First Comes Health world. As usual, I've been experimenting around the purple kitchen of mine getting a few new recipes to post (next week!). With the seasonal changes that are (hopefully!) upon us soon, I'm getting ready to start kicking my food preservation efforts into high gear. This means, not only am I going to be fermenting things, but pickling, dehydrating, canning, and more. I'm getting involved in the Pittsburgh Canning Exchange this year! I was lucky enough to be invited to their fall swap a few months ago so I could sell copies of Fermented and I told the organizers that I had to be involved in any manner possible in 2014. I'm meeting up with them in the coming weeks and I'm really excited.
If you happen to be in the western Pennsylvania area, I'm teaching two sessions of a class on how to start fermenting at home. Each one is hosted by Fox Chapel Area Adult Education. They are March 25 and April 8, both at 7 pm. Check out their website for more details!
I'm finding it very difficult to communicate with all of you, dear readers. If you're a regular reader of any blog out there, you've probably heard this familiar lament – Facebook is messing with us! What started out as a really great way for small businesses to communicate with clients and fans has morphed into a disappointing dead end. Boo. I am truly grateful for all 4700 or so of you who "like" me on Facebook, but I know that only a wee percentage of you are actually seeing First Comes Health in your newsfeeds. You can change this by making sure that "show in newsfeed" is checked when you hover over the LIKE button on this page. It's totally discouraging when I put something up there and see that only 71 of you have seen it. I hope you'll help me change this around!
(Good kitties love good books.)
I also want to remind you that there are many other ways you can keep in touch with me, know when I'm doing something, see photos of my antics (both culinary and personal), and interact. I'm on Instagram (my favorite!), Twitter, and have a newsletter too. And in a shameless act of bribery, I'm going to give you some incentive to connect with me – a signed copy of Fermented. I'm also trying out this Rafflecopter stuff, so please bear with me!
So, that's about all for now. The giveaway lasts for a week (officially ending on 12 March at midnight!), so enter and spread the word to others, please. You have multiple chances to be successful!
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FCH and LadyFingers - We're back!
Hello! Remember those wonderful days past when my friend, Diane of LadyFingers Catering and I would host these wonderful and healthy paleo dinner parties and live tweet the whole preparation? And then we'd ask a question about something we tweeted about and someone won a seat at the next month's party? Well, we're starting it up again! We took a year's hiatus because Diane was busy coming back from major foot surgery last year, and we both missed the excitement and the food. We're kicking off the new season with a very special Valentine's Day dinner this Saturday, February 15 at 6pm! Be sure to follow us on Twitter and get in on the action so YOU can win a seat at our March dinner. First Comes Health Twitter LadyFingers Twitter
A Small Change Makes A Big Difference
If you are following me on Instagram and Facebook (and I really hope you are because I post there more than I do here) then you probably know that my husband Dude and I are in the midst of a redecoration/remodeling of our condo. This is way long overdue for us. We have been living in our little tiny place for a little over 9 years and before that we were living in a (too big for us) house for three years. We have had most of our current furniture for at least 9 years and some pieces were even older.
Time for a switch up!
So, after a few years of planning, budgeting, and saving we pulled the trigger a few months ago and things are happening!
A little background on our place – it's small. Not NYC small, but compared to how most of our family and friends live, Dude and I live in a shoebox. That's just the way we like it, though. We don't have much and we don't want much. Our living room is the largest room in the place and that's the room that is getting the overhaul. But since it's easily 75% of our home, it's a big deal.
A major part of the whole project is that now we have all new furniture. There is nothing negative about this, but because there are two brand spankin' new couches in our place our habits had to change.
Before the new couches, Dude and I would eat our dinner in the living room in front of the TV watching Jeopardy! or something we had stored up on the DVR. I know that some might think this is unorthodox and not cool, but eating in front of the TV was a way for us to relax after working all day and then going to the gym. We talked and decompressed from the day while having our meal together on the couch. It worked for us.
Now, until I can help it, not a single crumb of food will be near the couches. Call me hard-nosed, but I plan to keep these beauties as fresh and new for as long as I can. As a result, we now eat in the kitchen.
We have an eat-in kitchen believe it or not. One of the things I love about our place is that the kitchen is relatively huge compared to the size of the rest of the place. Not enormous, but enough that there is ample counter space plus room for a two-top table. And a bunch of years ago I got a little cafe table that is big enough for two to put in the perfect spot. It's from CB2 and is similar to this, but without the wood. Ours has a tempered glass top and is taller.
Anyway we've started this new year out by eating our "together meals", breakfast and dinner, at the kitchen table. The interesting thing is, it's not just the venue that's changed in just a short amount of time; the whole dynamic of the meal has changed. We are more engaged with each other, we are talking more, we're using the time to review the day.
(Ignore that white spot on the left. Another home improvement project in the works!)
Some of you might be thinking, "Yeah, duh. That's what happens when you don't eat in front of the television." and you'd be right. We never knew what we were missing until we changed our habit and pattern.
And that's the message I want to get across to all of you: We changed the tone of our day by making one small change. It wasn't even as though we were dissatisfied with our old habit. Nothing was really wrong with what we were doing before. We just changed out of necessity (new furniture) and discovered a whole new – better! – dynamic!
This has me thinking about other well-worn patterns and habits that we all have that aren't necessarily bad but could benefit from a shake up.
What small changes can you make that will add up to a big difference?
The Hard Way
Happy new year, friends. I don't know about you, but I have a good feeling about 2014. 2013 will be hard to top, but for whatever reason I feel more energized and determined this year than I have in years past. I'm going with the feeling…
So, what's been happening with me as of late? Well, as of my last content (not giveaway) post I have been just taking a page from Frank Sinatra's book (or Sid Vicious, if that suits your fancy more than Old Blue Eyes) and doing it my way. The holidays have come and gone and this year my family had a much more subdued celebration than usual. Truth be told, I appreciated it even more. I love my extended family, but the quiet, slow-paced days from Christmas Eve until yesterday were great.
Unlike in year's past, I'm going to to do a Goals Project and I'm not going to make a list of resolutions. Instead, I'm going to stick with my previously mentioned theme of doing things at my pace and in my way. And this, of course, got me to thinking. Let me tell you a little story….
A few days after Christmas I was cruising Facebook and there was a status update from a casual friend of mine. She's a great person, mom of three little ones, full-time job, and I'm sure very very busy from day to day. She made some apologies before Christmas about not sending cards out. Now, my opinion on holiday cards is this: If you send them, great. If you don't send them, great. Either way, own it. Personally I do send cards.
So anyway, this status update was asking for recommendations for Christmas card services that will print the cards, envelopes, apply postage, and mail them for you. I didn't even know such a thing existed. I'm not surprised that it does, but I hadn't ever heard of such a service.
In response to this post there were a bunch of recommendations and advice about putting all of her addresses into Excel, doing a mail merge, printing out labels, etc. A few were bragging about how they did 250 cards in 20 minutes or something like that.
This bothered me.
Like I said above, it doesn't matter to me if you send cards or not, but isn't the reason we send cards at the holiday season because we want to stay in touch with those we care most about? I didn't think it was about just doing it to do it or to see what astronomical number of cards we can send to anyone we've ever met. I wrote a comment that encouraged my friend to just own the fact that with a full-time job and three little children who are all active in sports and activities she doesn't have time for cards. No shame in that! Or if she really wants to send some cards to those closest to her, take the time to write out a few to those very special people.
Quality over quantity.
Sure it's a bit more labor intensive to hand write holiday cards, envelopes, and manually apply stamps, but isn't it so much more personal and meaningful than a pre-printed card and envelope that someone was proud to stuff in less than a few seconds or a machine mailed for them?
Well, I don't know if she took my advice or listened to my opinions, but the whole incident gave me an idea for a theme for 2014.
I'm going to do things the hard way.
Think of how much more delicious and special and soulful everything is if it's done with care and with effort. Think of how much better a thoughtfully prepared meal is than manufactured junk from a fast food place. Think of how much more meaningful a personalized letter or card is. You wouldn't quickly pan-fry a pork shoulder, would you?! Low and slow, baby.
So if I can come up with a theme for the year, it's that. 2014 is going to be about taking the time and effort to do things well.
I can't wait to see what we all discover together in the coming months! As usual, don't forget to sign up for my mailing list, follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and on Pinterest. I'm developing a difficult relationship with Facebook, but I'm still over there posting so don't forget to mark First Comes Health with "Show in News Feed"! That crazy Mark Zuckerburg doesn't want you see my posts! Boo.
Happy 2014!
Giveaway: 21-Day Sugar Detox Books
Hello dear readers!
I hope you all had a pleasant holiday. If you don't celebrate Christmas, then I hope you had a terrific Wednesday.
No matter your religious or social celebration habits, we are all facing a new calendar year coming up in less than a week. We are rapidly closing in on 2014!
I thought I'd end this year on a high note and give away TWO books. These babies are going to be given away to one person as a bundle.
Diane Sanfilippo's new books about the 21 Day Sugar Detox are brilliant. The first is a how-to and why you ought to get rid of sugar in your diet. The second is a very thorough cookbook covering every meal.
To tell you the truth, I'm going to be using my copies of these beauties to make sure I start the new year as healthy as I can be. I admit to eating more than my fair share of sweet treats over these past days (maybe weeks? Thanksgiving wasn't that far in the past…..)
So, here's the deal: I'm going to run this giveaway until 12:01 am, January 1, 2014. You can enter multiple ways.
1. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter.2. Sign up for my mailing list (I don't spam!)
3. Leave me a comment and tell me what you hope to accomplish (health-wise or otherwise) in 2014.
Like many other small businesses, I have a Facebook page, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to get people to see my posts over there. Only about a tenth of you see my content. I still invite you to like my page over there (and please make sure I'm shown in your news feed!) but I will probably be focusing less and less on Facebook as the months roll on. Sad, I know.
That's it! I wish all of you the very best in the new year. We have so much to learn from each other and I can't wait to see what 2014 brings to all of us
Love and peace.Jill
Joy's Thief
They say that comparison is the thief of joy. I am finding this to be soundly true these days.
So, I turned 40 a few weeks ago and as a vacation/birthday present/way to celebrate all things Fermented being done and out there, Dude and I went to Prague in the Czech Republic. Simply put, it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Positively gorgeous! So much so that it seemed fake. You know like that Disney-fake or Las Vegas-fake where everything is just a little too staged and perfect and pretty? Well, Prague is the real deal. My puny iPhone photos cannot even come close to doing it justice.
I didn't think it to be true, but I guess when you turn 40, you get a little introspective. I thought I'd burst into my new decade with gusto! Nope. I'm being a little more measured about my enthusiasm and consciously or unconsciously, I am finding myself taking stock of where I am in my life – what I've done, what I want to do, where I'm going, where I've been. All that.
Here's what I've come up with:
I'm should-ing all over myself.
This is anything but a complaint, but it's hard to be around people who do things so well.
I have friends and friends and friends and friends (and tons more!) who are great at what they do. These people are fabulous cooks, health pioneers, photographers, bloggers, writers, and entrepreneurs who are actively doing things that change people's lives. And they're doing it beautifully – both aesthetically and metaphorically speaking.
I am also friends with and associated with a really terrific group of people who, locally speaking, are performing very well in the gym or on the roads.
I am very very honored to be a part of a community of people who are on the cutting edge of interesting things.
Plus, my husband is a genius (literally) who is very accomplished at his job and loves it.
This is my way of saying that I feel the pressure to live up to the company I keep. Don't get me wrong, THIS IS DEFINITELY A GOOD THING. That deserves all caps. I am not complaining that I exist in a circle of people who are smart, accomplished, beautiful, trendsetters. It's just that I haven't exactly found my place amongst them yet.
I am finding it very difficult to reconcile who I am as a private person with who I am as a professional/athlete/friend. I look at what these people are doing around me and I tell myself, "You SHOULD be doing that."
You should be posting on your blog more.
You should be doing more fermenting.
You should be better at social media.
You should be taking better photographs.
You should post more recipes.
You should be out there winning your age group in all these races you run.
You should be deadlifting 225 pounds.
You should be on the New York Times bestsellers list.
You should be faster/stronger/smarter/(insert anything here).
You should be holding webinars.
You should be giving lectures.
You should be selling more books.
You should __________.
I'm not doing myself any favors. In fact, the result of this rampant "should-ing" has been me pretty much dropping off the face of the Internet for a few weeks. I did it to myself. I have been comparing myself to those around me and it's only made me upset with who I am. It's taken away from the joy I feel with who I've become, what I can do, what I've already accomplished, and my potential to do more.
So yeah, comparison IS the thief of joy.
I've lost the joy I feel when I am doing MY thing – health coaching, talking food, posting stuff here, interacting with you guys on Facebook and Instagram – because I've been preoccupied with comparing my success to others.
I've lost the joy to go out and run because I'm too busy telling myself that I should be faster like all those people I see in my running club.
I've become disinterested in CrossFit because I can't walk on my hands across the gym and I can't lift as much as the other (younger!) people there.
And now I'm a bit mad at myself for letting this sense of competition get in the way of my own happiness. That's not what life is about. That's not what I'M about.
So the should-ing stops today. I'm going to do what I want to do, in my fashion, at my speed, at my weight.
I'll be seeing you here on the blog and around my various social media outlets (Facebook, Instagram [my fave!], Twitter, Pinterest) but it will be at my speed and in my style. I hope that works for you too.
Victory Belt Giveaway
Hello friends,
A few weeks ago I promised you a giveaway to celebrate First Comes Health hitting 3000+ fans on Facebook. Well, due to my burn out and subsequent staycation, I didn't make good on that promise. Until now.
As you all know by know, my book Fermented was published by Victory Belt. Well, there are several dozen other real-food and Paleo geared authors who publish with Victory Belt and I have yet to find a single book from them that isn't spectacular. I've been gifted a group of four of my recent favorites, ones that I've been enjoying and cooking from for the last couple of months, and I want to share fresh copies with you! Enter to win this bundle of some of my Victory Belt favorites!
Here are the gems you can win:
Becoming a Supple Leopard by Kelly StarrettThe Paleo Coach by Jason Seib
Paleo Slow Cooking by Chrissy Gower
Paleo Indulgences by Tammy Credicott
Here's all you have to do:
1. Leave me a comment telling me what your favorite Victory Belt book is (aside from mine, of course! Ha ha!) Check out their website to see fantastic selection in their catalog.
2. Give me a follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and/or Pinterest. Already follow me? Then tell me so in the comments.
3. Sign up for my email list.
TWO bonus entries: Take a photo of yourself with your copy of Fermented and email it to me or post it on Instagram (Be sure to tag me so I can see it!)
With all of this, you can enter this giveaway a whopping EIGHT times. I'm going to close this one off on Tuesday, September 24 at noon EDT.
And as I mentioned before, the reason for this giveaway is to sincerely thank each of you for your continued support of me, Fermented, and First Comes Health. You make me happy to be doing the work I do.
Self Imposed Staycation
Hi everyone.
I owe you all an apology. I've been falling down on my duties as blogger, teacher, and communicator. I just looked at this site for the first time in a while and it turns out I have neglected it and I've neglected YOU! So so sorry.
During the past few weeks I've been sporadically busy and sporadically not busy. I've been doing my best to do my best by Fermented. I've been doing signings, book fairs, etc. I officiated the wedding ceremony of my friends Hayley and Bill and I got to hang out with a bunch of the Paleo world superstars.
I've also been doing a bit of nothing.
It turns out, writing Fermented took it's toll on me. I'm not saying this for a whiny pity party woe-is-me-I-wrote-a-book kind of thing. I'm telling you that my emotional health has suffered a bit. It turns out a year of high anxiety, sleepless nights, wacky diet, worry, and anticipation will turn in to a bit of a crash when it's all over.
Lately I've been getting up and feeling a sense of dread when I think about fermenting, Facebooking, Instagramming, blogging, etc. So I decided not to do it for a week or two. I mean, I have been around, but wasn't doing anything I didn't want to do for a few days. And it was the right thing to do.
I used to scoff at people when they said things like "I NEEEEEEEEED a vacation!" Who in the world NEEDS a vacation? I am eating those words now. I needed a vacation. So I took a staycation. Dude and I aren't going anywhere for vacation for another few months so I decided to just to check out and watch The Office on Netflix and take a few naps.
And it was awesome.
So why am I telling you all this? Because I think I owe it to you to be honest. Nobody's perfect and we all struggle. Different things cause us all to check out and need a break from time to time.
Now I'm back and I have a few things planned.
First and foremost, is the long-ago promised giveaway for reaching 3000 Facebook fans. That's coming tomorrow.
Second is some regular recipe posting. I have some good ideas coming up.
Third is more fermentation content. I'm working on something really basic, easy, but extremely tasty. Can't wait to share.
So, that's about all I have to report. Thanks for understanding. More soon. 🙂
Beyond Bacon - Pork Party! (and giveaway)
Thanks to everyone who entered. This giveaway is now closed.
A few weeks ago when advance copies of Fermented were sent out, Stacy from Paleo Parents had a brilliant idea. In order to really get a feel for all that Fermented had to offer and to test out a bunch of recipes at once, she invited some friends over to her house and they made a bunch of things from the book. First of all, I was so honored and thrilled that someone would do this and second of all, it was a fabulous idea!
So, I decided to return the favor. I invited a few of my pork-loving friends over this past Saturday and we cooked up a feast courtesy of Stacy's (and her husband Matt) latest masterpiece, Beyond Bacon.
Before I tell you the details, I have to say that I think I will be doing book reviews in this way from now on. Not only was it a great way to try a bunch of recipes at once, it was just a really good time spent with some friends.
So, here are the pork party players:
Sarah – She's a badass mamma to Oliver Danger (Yes, her son's middle name is Danger. Fantastic.), real food lover, gardener, animal lover, and owner of an actual house pig, Speck. When I invited her over to cook up pork in various ways I asked if she felt any weirdness about it considering she has a house pig. She said no and that Speck has no room to complain as he's eaten bits of ham. Ha.
Liz – Hardcore CrossFitter, the one who got me to start fermenting by giving me a SCOBY, always has a unique take on food. Cooking genius and all-around awesome friend. And she looks sexy with a block of lard in hand.
Kevin – AKA The Scientist ™. Liz's boyfriend, chemist, and meat lover. When he and Liz started dating their third date was sausage making. Not a euphemism and not a joke. I'm glad that my friend is dating a man of this caliber. When a gentleman shares your love and respect for meat products, you keep him around, no? The Scientist was in charge of meat cutting and did an expert job of pocketing out the pork chops Sarah brought. Brilliant.
Supporting cast:
DJ's Butcher Block – This is a new-to-me place in Pittsburgh. I found out about it through Liz (of course) and I have become a regular customer. I can't always buy half of a cow or an entire pig straight from the farm – I don't have anywhere to store it! Instead I've now started supporting this little independent butcher who sources his meat from local farms. Seriously folks, this is the type of place you want to buy your meat from. There is a visible ban saw. They cut ALL steaks and chops to order. DJ and his girlfriend own the place and they're the people you'll see behind the counter. They know everything about their product. There is a collection of meat cleavers hanging on the wall. The place isn't glamorous, but it's clean, inexpensive, and the quality is second to none. This is where we bought all the meat and lard for the pork party.
Dude – My man napped throughout the pork preparation portion of the day, but woke up in time to eat.
So, what did we make? A few days before the party, we put our heads together and came up with a comprehensive menu:
Sarah made Apple & Bacon Stuffed Pork Chops (page 168) and Zucchini Pasta with Avocado, Roasted Tomato, & Bacon (page 234).
I made Sweet Potato Drop Biscuits (page 222) and Savory Bacon Jam (page 244).
Liz made The Best Brownies (page 284)
Kevin improvised a pan sauce for the chops with the bacon drippings we had left over – and that was a lot. Plus, as mentioned above, he was our meat cutter and got things off of high shelves.
The book! It's brilliant, plain and simple. It's beautiful too. I had a difficult time settling on what to make because the depth and breadth of what is in this book is just overwhelming – in a good way! We could EASILY have four or five pork parties, cook from Beyond Bacon for every single one of them, and never get bored. And we might just do that. The non-recipe part of the book is flat out invaluable. I mean, the recipes are positively fab, but the additional information beyond the food preparation is reason alone to have this book in your library. I thought I knew about pork, but it turns out that wasn't the case. I didn't even know what I didn't know.
The party went off without a hitch. I have a nice-sized kitchen, but it's not enormous. I was concerned the four of us wouldn't have enough room to work together AND make six different things. But I worried for nothing. We had a terrific time, enough room, and nobody had to fight for oven or stove real estate. We didn't even plan it, but everything was finished cooking at just the right time. By the time the pork chops were pulled out of the oven, everything else was ready, on the table, and ready to eat. Dude had even woken up by this point and has his appetite ready.
And the food? Come on. You know what I'm going to say here. This was the best meal I've had in a long, long, long time.
Apple and Bacon Stuffed Pork Chops – These were perfection. I mean, how can you go wrong stuffing a pork chop with bacon? You can't. But it was more than just pork-on-pork action. The flavors and textures were perfectly balanced – sweet/savory, meaty/crunchy. The apples were perfect for this dish.
Zucchini Pasta with Avocado, Roasted Tomato & Bacon – This was probably meant to be a stand-alone entree, but we used it as a side dish. It was so deliciously creamy and wonderful! Plus, the bacon wasn't overwhelming. Don't get me wrong, I love bacon as much as the next person, but there is so much more to food than bacon. And we had a pretty bacon-heavy menu going at this party. Sarah brought grape tomatoes and basil from her garden to use in this dish and that just pushed it over the top.
Sweet Potato Drop Biscuits – What can I say about these beauties? They are absolutely fantastic. The flavor is very subtle and lends itself nicely to sweet and savory dishes. After the pork party, I made another batch of these gems and quadrupled the recipe. Dude and I have been eating them with every meal – with eggs and bacon (make a breakfast sandwich with them!), with honey (Oooh! Sweet and savory!), and Dude even ate one with his pork mole at last night's dinner. And do I even have to tell you how well these paired with the bacon jam? I practically fainted.
Savory Bacon Jam – Yeah. You can't go wrong with this. Seriously. If you don't even care about pork and if you aren't interested in an entire book's worth of awesome recipes, you'll want to get Beyond Bacon simply for this recipe. What's the cover price? Who cares! Spend the money JUST FOR THIS BACON JAM RECIPE. This is an order. You'll thank me for this bit of advice. It was so easy to make and it yielded incredible – and I mean INCREDIBLE WITH ALL CAPS – results. I sent Liz, Kevin, and Sarah home with a wee bit of what was left over from the batch. Pirates. I can't believe those guys would rob me of the rest of the bacon jam. Don't worry. I've since made another batch. And I may or may not be eating it all myself by the spoonful.
The Best Brownies – Truth be told, I'm always skeptical of grain-free desserts. Most of them aren't good. They are well intentioned, but the texture is always off and the flavor is usually kind of blah. However!!!!! Trust me when I tell you these brownies are the exception! Light, moist, and not a whiff of that weird paleo pastry texture! These are the real deal, friends. I think using lard makes all the difference. Believe me when I say that I am persnickety when it comes to paleo/grain-free desserts. These brownies lived up to their name!
So, what's the moral of this story? First, do yourself a favor and get a copy of Beyond Bacon. Actually, how about entering here for a chance to win a copy? Leave me a comment below telling me what your favorite pork preparation is. And surf on over to like my Facebook page and follow me on Instagram for additional entries. Do it. You have until Thursday, August 29, 2013 at noon EDT.
The second moral is this: Everything is always better with your friends around. Thanks to Liz, Kevin, and Sarah for the good times and for taking some photos!
Fermented Release Party
I've been wanting to share some photos of the Fermented Release Party since last Friday night, but quickly realized that I didn't have any photos to show. I was sitting at a table signing books all evening and didn't snap a single one myself.
Thankfully I had a few photographers out there in the crowd helping me out. Most notably among them was Bill Staley, who took almost all the photos for Fermented.
So, without further ado, please enjoy scenes from Fermented's big debut!
(Espresso a Mano – my friend Matt Gebis generously allowed me to take over his gorgeous coffee shop on Friday night.)
(If you are ever in Pittsburgh, Espresso a Mano is THE PLACE for fine coffee. Matt is a genius!)
(It's still so surreal to see my name on this beautiful book. My little book that could.)
(Look at my handsome Dude and my beautiful Mamma!)
(My buddy Janelle, also known as The Primal Burgher. Check out her website, folks!)
(So many of my friends and family showed up to support Fermented. I am especially grateful to my CrossFit posse from Industrial Athletics CrossFit Alloy. At one point or another throughout the evening, I think almost every member of my box stopped by to offer congratulations, buy a book, have a coffee, and hang out.)
(My Uncle Tom, Aunt Mary Rita, Aunt Rie, Uncle Bill, and cousin Rhonda. These folks get the award for traveling the farthest distances to be there. Virginia, Michigan, and Indiana were well represented! My mother-in-law Shirley, and sister-in-law Sharon came from the other side of Pennsylvania.)
(Me and my buddy, Joe, being goofballs.)
(It wouldn't be a class-act gathering without the food of LadyFingers Private Chef and Catering. My dear dear friend Diane made all the food for the event and this is just a small sampling of what we all got to eat. Be jealous!)
There will be a few more to come so stay tuned on Instagram and Facebook to see those. A BIG BIG hearty thank you to every single one of you who came out to say hello and buy a copy of Fermented. I am so immensely grateful for the fabulous reception it has received so far and I owe it all to all of you out there! THANK YOU!


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A meteor shower lit up skies above the Bay Area and throughout California on Wednesday night, and they will appear with increasing frequency through Sunday, the National Weather Service said.
Reports of bright fireballs streaking across the skies were reported from as far north as Mendocino County, forecaster Steve Anderson said. A cloud-free sky and the warm temperatures that are pushing out the clouds will make the showers more and more visible as the weekend approaches, Anderson said.
Astronomy.com reported that the fireballs are part of the Orionid meteor shower, which will peak from sundown Saturday through sunrise Sunday. The meteor shower is so named, the site reported, because all of the meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Orion.
According to the site, Orionid meteors are the fastest of all meteor showers and strike the atmosphere at 148,000 mph, and many leave persistent trails.
Residents reported seeing the bright lights and hearing a loud boom throughout Northern California, with sightings as far as Santa Cruz County. Some reported feeling a thud, like an earthquake. Loud booms are often associated with meteor showers.
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The most popular emojis among US English speakers has been revealed by tech giant Apple.
The list, which was revealed in a privacy document from Apple, shows the top 10 emojis for US English speakers.
The 'crying with laughter emoji' has been named as the most used.
Yet despite hundreds of new emojis being brought to iPhones and iPads earlier this year after the iOS 11.1 update, Apple has revealed some very classic emojis remain the most popular - with everything from love hearts to skulls making the cut.
In second place was the red love heart emoji and in third place, the crying emoji.
The emoji with love heart eyes and the emoji that blows a red love heart kiss were also in the most used list, followed by the rolling eyes and skull emojis.


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Graft alleged in education, population census depts
Graft alleged in education, population census depts
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Some youth in northern Kunduz province have accused the departments of education and population census of massive corruption, saying posts of teachers and principles are being sold.
Speaking to reporters in Kunduz City, the provincial capital, Youth Reaction office-bearers alleged bribes were openly received from applicants for the posts of teachers and principals.
Esmat Muslim, the organisation's head, claimed having evidence of the education director taking bribes from applicants, who were made to pay 40,000 to 100,000 afghanis to education officials for jobs.
Muslim also assailed the Population Census Department of brazen graft. "Getting the national identity card (tazkera) is the right of every Afghan, but an individual from Europe could easily get it for 7,000 afghanis to $1,000..."
He asked the government to pay immediate attention to the issue and resolve it on priority.
Some people who had been asked for bribes by education department officials also spoke at the press conference.
Faiz Mohammad, a youth who appeared in test for the fifth-grade teacher at the education department, charged he was asked to pay a bribe for appointment to the position.
"Members of the monitoring board at the education department demanded 100,000 afghanis or $1,000 for my appointment," the applicant claimed.
Sher Agha, another young job seeker, said: "We were five guys who appeared in the test, including four bachelor degree-holders. But a 12th class graduate with the right links was appointed."
But Education Director Rustam Ahmadi rejected the allegations of Muslim as groundless. He said appointments to the education department were fair and transparent.
He added: "I totally reject the claims of the organisation. They is a small group trying to fuel ethnic differences and bring bad name to the education department."
Rohullah Quraishi, head of the Population Census Department, also spurned the allegations. He said no one without the required documents and proofs had been issued tazkera.
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NBCChicago.com will offer live video coverage of Sunday's MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive event.
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Registration fees range from $15 to $86, with some including a membership to the Active Transportation Alliance.
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groups traditionally underrepresented in the geosciences. The OTF Program awards partial travel scholarships
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Thats quite amusing. I think anyone would rather have Andrew Caddick, Nick Knight, Alec Stewart and Craig white over some of the clowns that we have today.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
Thats quite amusing. I think anyone would rather have Andrew Caddick, Nick Knight, Alec Stewart and Craig white over some of the clowns that we have today.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
Tendulkar = the most overated player EVER!!
Beckham = the most overated footballer EVER!!
Vassell = the biggest disgrace since rikki clarke!!
Because Mills has shown that he can consistently take wickets at the international level? 2006 is Mills' first good year, hes been largely quite poor before that, and hes only played some 7 games this year. One would think that is comparable to the number of games that Jon Lewis has played in his career and come out with a much more superior record.Originally Posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
Im not saying Lewis is a better bowler, i just think they are quite similar, and theres no way anyone can claim that Mills is a better one than Lewis.
And as we all know there are so many players in world cricket averaging over 40 down the order in international cricket. While almost every half decent player batting in the top 3 in the world is averaging at or around 40.Originally Posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
The relevance of them being out of form is that it seriously weakens the strength of that Australian side. The team that England played in the CT last week was clearly a hell of a lot better and in much better touch than the one they played in the NWS.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
And seriously, what are you talking about regarding England's improvement compared to New Zealands? It's blatantly obvious that New Zealand have come miles since the last World Cup. They have a fairly similar bunch of players, but most of them have improved a long way (look at Styris, Oram and McCullum for instance), and they gel much better as a side and their results are hugely improved.
England on the other hand have four players in common with the side they played at the last WC, in Flintoff, Trescothick, Collingwood and Anderson, while the rest of the team is pretty much universally filled with poorer players than before. You think England wouldn't jump at the chance to have Nick Knight, Alec Stewart of Andy Caddick in the ODI side now compared to what they've got? Adding one good player in Pietersen and an improved Flintoff doesn't make up for the rest of the team.
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As opposed to how many good years from Lewis? Righto.Originally Posted by tooextracool
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
Facing the new ball also generally means facing the best bowlers (against Aus, WI, SA, NZ, Pak at least) and having to bat for a longer period of time in addition to facing those few overs of swing. The benefit Symonds has is that he genuinely comes in against the backup bowling attack on a surface that has properly flattened out, without the prospect of batting for as long as Trescothick does.Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
There's a reason why middle order batsmen in ODIs tend to average more than openers.
And I reckon that Trescothick is one of the best ODI openers in the world and it's not a position that just anyone can succeed in.Originally Posted by Jono
Symonds only averages marginally more than Trescothick and scores centuries at a far less frequent rate. Granted, Symonds doesn't get as much time to bat, but it's really my whole point as to why you can't categorically call Symonds better than Trescothick.
You said better player, not better batsman. Symonds is a much better fieldsman and bowler.
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They don't, though. As TEC pointed out, almost all of the top averaging batsmen in ODIs right now bat in the top 4.Originally Posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
Hussey doesn't, Pietersen usually bats in the top 4 these days but has done well at 5, then there's Sarwan, Dhoni, Tendulkar, Clarke, Kallis, Dippenaar, Ponting, Yousuf, Lara, Martyn, Hayden, Gayle, Inzamam, Dravid, Smith and Symonds. That's all the players who currently average 38.63 or more, though Symonds recent average of 45 cuts a fair few of them out.
Of those, all bar Dhoni and Clarke have most of their success (and spend most of their time) batting in the top 4. Yousuf and Inzamam are borderline cases. If anything, good quality ODI batsmen who bat lower in the order usually average significantly less, as they have to throw their wickets away to up the run rate. Witness the likes of Razzaq here. You can only maintain a good average in the lower order by being not out regularly. There's certianly no evidence at all that batting in the top order in ODIs is harder in terms of average, it simply requires a different skillset and different batsmen have success there. You have to deal with opening bowlers and the new ball, but you can hit boundaries at will and don't need to face spin for the first 15-20 overs of your innings. The reason Hussey bats at 7 isn't because he's crap and must be protected from the new ball, it's because he has a unique ability to find gaps in the late overs, something Symonds also possesses that he wouldn't need if he was opening.
Regardless, even if you think Symonds and Trescothick are equivalent batsmen, surely Symonds bowling, fielding and scoring rate rate put him ahead.
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No, we haven't.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
We're ranked so badly for a clear reason, we're a poor side.
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I consider England's batting lineup good enough to avoid the side being labelled poor with the likes of Pietersen, Trescothick and Flintoff to name a few, it's just the bowling that's stopping you from regularly beating the top few teams in the world.Originally Posted by marc71178
But having said that I do believe NZ are the better ODI team at the moment. I'm glad we're only playing against you in ODIs this summer. Tests would be truly embarrassing.
Still gotta laugh at this. You really can't stand NZ can you? Why keep pointing at our record v Australia as some sort of indication that we're a poor ODI side? People have subsequently shown that England's record is no better, that NZ can almost never field a full strength side either, and that England haven't won anything in the one day game.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
Pretty much every team has a lousy record against Australia in recent times. If you must focus on NZ's record, how about that we just beat the number 2 and 3 teams in the world, and that the last time we met England, we gave them a shellacking?
We're not odds-on to win the World Cup or anything, but we are a better ODI side than England atm, full strength or not.
the same? hence theres no convincing argument that Mills is better. if anything it is Lewis with the better record ATM.Originally Posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
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The Cajun King
Larry Judice has been doing Cajun cuisine a long time. Nearly 33 years ago, the Texan-born butcher planted his Louisiana roots in Groves when he purchased his father's Cajun grocery store. Today, Larry's French Market and Cajun Restaurant, the "Cajun honky tonk" of Southeast Texas, is known as the site where it all began.
"We've got a unique thing goin' here, because we've got live music, great food all in a great family atmosphere," Judice told The Examiner. "When this place is packed out, it's people of all ages—families, friends, and everybody's having a good time."
For Judice, it was important that his destination restaurant provide folks with a true Cajun experience—fantastic food, friends, family and fun—this might explain the large dance floor in the middle of the restaurant.
"Ya'll eat, ya'll have a good time, and then there's the dancin' part. We call that Cajun aerobics," he said. "You can eat and then work it off with some Cajun aerobics so you don't feel too bad."
Larry's offers Cajun aerobics every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night led by live entertainment (for free on Thursdays), but the all-you-can-eat seafood buffet for $29.95 will beckon you from the dance floor throughout the night for a few return trips—gumbos, barbecue crabs, softshell crabs, boiled shrimp, shrimp etouffe, crawfish fetuccini, crawfish etouffe, a full salad bar, dessert and all the fixin's.
"You know when people come in who are watchin' their weight, I tell 'em our food is fat free, and they always look at me like how can that be?" Judice mused. "And I'll say the fat's free, it don't cost nothin' extra."
Of course, with Cajun aerobics and a Cajun menu overseen by a Cajun gentleman, we know you're wondering about he handles the beloved Cajun crustacean.
"I buy my crawfish big," Judice began. After all, he knows what folks want in their platter of crawdads. "I will spend the extra money to make sure that we get big crawfish."
Crawfish are sold in three and five pound orders, each including corn, potatoes, dip, and one jalapeno pepper for those who like to kick it up a notch.
"People always say ours are seasoned just right—they're not too spicy, they're not too salty, they're perfect," he said. "And we cook to order, so when you order your crawfish, they're fresh."
Judice is armed with two large crawfish boilers, but he'll be the first to tell you that preparing crawfish the right way is a meticulous process. He's in and out of the cooler checking on his bugs and he can be spotted lurking near the boilers with a spoon, making sure all of his crawfish are healthy.
If you're one of several Southeast Texans on the annual crawfish crawl, we can guarantee you'll hit Larry's more than once.
Be warned, though, because as one diner was leaving Larry's, he was overheard saying he had entered "a food coma," a common ailment shared by many regulars at Larry's.
When The Examiner returned to follow up on the gentleman's condition he was unable to comment, as he was tied up in a Cajun aerobics session on the dance floor.