Well Fed

Dino-Chow is what Mel calls it. A way of eating that emphasizes eating real food - animals and plants. The first time Mel and I hung out she described it as not just eating stuff that isn't bad for you but eating food that will actually make you healthier.

Mel hired me to design a "little" Paleo cookbook for her. It was supposed to be a fun side project for all of us but when I finished the initial designs we all knew it was going to be much bigger than a project on the side. Over the past 6 months Mel has been writing, cooking, editing and styling with her talented husband Dave who just picked up a camera and was instantly amazing at taking photos. Food photos, no less (which is notoriously hard to do). Meanwhile, it was my job to bring it all to life with what Mel endearingly calls "fairy dust".

Together, this is what we made:











I learned so much about food and flavor while working on this book. And while I don't eat meat, I found a lot of these recipes can be made vegetarian (and still Paleo) by substituting with mushrooms or (non-Paleo) tofu. And the veggie section is nothing to sneeze at. And the best part is that Jeremy and I made some really fantastic friends in the process.

You can buy Well Fed: Paleo Recipes For People Who Love To Eat and download a free 30-page sample of the book here.