May 2010 | Free The Animal

MovNat 5-day Workshop, July 13-17 at Summersville Lake, W. Virginia

By Richard Nikoley | May 28, 2010 |

And I’ll be there What’s MovNat, you ask? Well if you don’t know about it and its founder, Erwan Le Corre, where have you been? This is where I fist introduced you to him, nearly a year and a half ago, now. You’ll want to read that post, but here’s a quote from Erwan highlighting……...

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Sous Vide Filet with Demi-Glace & Roasted Veggies

By Richard Nikoley | May 27, 2010 |

Here are the workings for last night’s fabulous dinner. As always, click on the images for hi-resolution. Dinner Workings It began with two enormous filets, 12 and 11 ounces; and no, these aren’t grassfed. Oh, well. Big Ass Filets These were done sous vide, using the SousVide Supreme. I did them at 131F for about……...

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Blog Sucks, So Here’s Lucinda Willams

By Richard Nikoley | May 26, 2010 |

Ha! Well continuing on the theme for now (it’s not going to suck for long, and I only judge by my own standards — but thanks to those who’ve contradicted me). Moving on, here’s what I’m listening to as I’m cooking, right now — ahi grade beef filets for Bea & I, sous vide, rare, later……...

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Bench Gains, Finally

By Richard Nikoley | May 26, 2010 |

Yea, I know. Blog kinda sucks right now. I’m so demotivated; in fact, so much so that I’m writing this from my phone. Life waxes, and it wanes. Embrace, I guess. I’m no more imune to a creative funk than the next guy or gal. But I do have news. After six weeks of trying……...

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Progress marches on…Slowly

By Richard Nikoley | May 24, 2010 |

Feedback on my workouts has been so good and helpful that I’m going to take advantage of it. I have already incorporated a number of changes and improvements from comments to my last workout post, so why not just keep it going? While my benefit is clear, it just might motivate some of the others……...

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Sunday Music Selections: Nouvelle Vague

By Richard Nikoley | May 23, 2010 |

A while back I was in the car and heard an NPR interview of one of the co-founders of the French band, Nouvelle Vague. Here’s the band’s website. What are they all about? Led by producer/arrangers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and sung by a revolving cast of chanteuses, the group’s first two albums, Nouvelle……...

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Rack of Lamb, Seared Ahi, and Veal Marrow

By Richard Nikoley | May 22, 2010 |

Dinner with friends last night. The idea was to have a few different "appetizer" dishes and a salad. I did rack of lamb and cracked pepper crusted seared sushi grade ahi tuna. My friend Robert roasted some veal marrow and Julie did a wonderful cheese plate that I unfortunately didn’t get a picture of. Beatrice……...

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Friday Bullshit! #1 (100% uncut, unrehearsed and putrid)

By Richard Nikoley | May 21, 2010 |

I’ll post links to the sources tomorrow morning. Doing a collaborative app dinner with friends. I’m doing seared ahi and rack of lamb. We’ll see what the friends bring. Here’s your load of Bullshit! Bullshit #1 from Richard Nikoley on Vimeo. Update: OK, here are the video notes and time segments in case anyone wants……...

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Lime and Cumin Crusted Mahi Mahi

By Richard Nikoley | May 21, 2010 |

Alright Paleo’s, shield your eyes ’cause this one has got — gasp! — white rice. Well, sometimes a fish dish just seems to call out for rice. And since it has been probably at least two months since I fired up the cooker I figured it’d be OK. If you’re going to do rice for……...

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New York Paleos in the News (again)

By Richard Nikoley | May 20, 2010 |

Got an email from a publicist for Babelgum today. Here’s what she had to say. New Age Meets Stone Age – Cavemen! – Offbeat Episode Comes to Vice Versus, The Original Weekly Urban Culture Series on Babelgum’s Metropolis Channel Do chicken’s hearts, bone marrow and plenty of meat sound like your ideal dinner party fare?……...

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So Many Meatza Varieties

By Richard Nikoley | May 19, 2010 |

And here’s another one, canadian bacon & mushrooms. Lots of mushrooms. First, I chopped a few crimini very finely and added them to the sauce. Then, I chopped up a few more very finely and mixed them in with the mozzarella and then for a final bit of mushroom madness, added slices on top. Ready……...

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Workout Report: Wall to Wall and Top to Bottom Gains

By Richard Nikoley | May 18, 2010 |

Long time readers know that I don’t often post stuff about workouts. For one, the workouts have always been a means to promote some good gene expression, keep lean muscle while losing fat, and so on. It was never really about being in competition with myself or a training log. But for now that has……...

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Kick Starting Weight Loss: Protein, Low-Carb, Intermittent Fasting

By Richard Nikoley | May 17, 2010 |

Time for one of my favorite kinds of posts; those kind where readers get to chip in and lend a hand. I received an email the other day from a reader. I’ve been doing paleo for about 10 days now and have lost 0 lbs!! What can I be doing wrong? Any suggestions? I’ve read……...

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Russell Crowe: Back in Shape

By Richard Nikoley | May 16, 2010 |

I went to see Russell Crowe’s new film Robin Hood yesterday. Reasonably enjoyable film, a sort of prequel where the story is about all that took place leading up to his "outlaw" status, so stand by for the sequel. At any rate, some weeks ago when I first learned of the film by seeing the……...

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Links, Quick Hits and Friday Bullshit

By Richard Nikoley | May 14, 2010 |

One of the ways my wife and I deal with each other — other than the middle finger raised vertically — a particular favorite of ours — is when one says something the other finds amusing, dumb, banal..whatever, is… "You’re Bullshit!" "No, YOU’RE Bullshit!" …And so on. Well, today I’m bullshit because I not only……...

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Carnitas with Sweet Potato and Cinnamon Apples

By Richard Nikoley | May 13, 2010 |

I haven’t done pork carnitas in a while and not since way back — when I was doing crappy food pictures — have I done them with fruit. Back then I used persimmons and cinnamon. This time it was with apple, simply sautéed in butter and cinnamon. I included some sweet potato on the side……...

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Is Eating Crow Paleo?

By Richard Nikoley | May 10, 2010 |

Back last September I got all riled up over "All The Stupid Stuff in My Face from the Grant Whores." The main impetus for the post at the time was the many ridiculous articles in the media claiming that saturated fat is making us fat by stimulating appetite in the brain. While the new articles……...

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Friday Update, no Bullshit

By Richard Nikoley | May 7, 2010 |

I’m going to have to renege on my Friday Bullshit! for now. Too much going on, there was a doggie crisis the last couple of days (better now) and I’m working more and more on “the book” and might even have some interesting news along those lines shortly. I’ll do the BS pieces, but probably……...

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Big Salad

By Richard Nikoley | May 6, 2010 |

Something has come up requiring my attention this morning so the post I have planned featuring a research doc who contacted me about something I wrote in a post last September will have to wait for later. In the meantime, yesterday’s Big Salad lunch. Click on the image for much better quality. Big Salad I……...

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If It’s Good Enough for Meatza It’s Good Enough for a Double Down Burger

By Richard Nikoley | May 5, 2010 |

Inspired by my yummy success with my own and infinitely better version of a grilled chicken Double Down sandwich from KFC, combined with the versatility of ground beef as a bread substitute, I figured I’d try my hand at a burger. Here’s the fixin’s and all should be pretty self explanatory. Burger Fixin’s The challenge……...

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