Comments on: Explore Your Neighborhood: The Frontier http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/ Paleo Nutrition Seminars, CrossFit Nutrition, and the Original Whole30 Program Tue, 22 May 2012 00:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Glenn Pendlay http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7762 Glenn Pendlay Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:44:16 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7762 Branding Iron. Wichita Falls, Texas. Get the pork, sausage, and brisket. Sit in the back. Its dark and a bit dirty, but it wont hurt you. glenn Branding Iron. Wichita Falls, Texas. Get the pork, sausage, and brisket. Sit in the back. Its dark and a bit dirty, but it wont hurt you.

glenn

]]> By: Melissa @ Whole9 http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7761 Melissa @ Whole9 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:15:18 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7761 @Sam: Thanks for the NJ tip! We're headed down to CF Ignite in a couple of weekends for a workshop, we may have to make a detour to check out Turning Point. :) Melissa @Sam: Thanks for the NJ tip! We’re headed down to CF Ignite in a couple of weekends for a workshop, we may have to make a detour to check out Turning Point. :)

Melissa

]]> By: Dallas @ Whole9 http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7760 Dallas @ Whole9 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:22:11 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7760 @Chelsea, If you get a chance to stop at the Frontier this summer (it's worth going out of your way for!), ask for Gil or Katie, and say hi for me. They'll defininitely know me by first name :) Oh, their carrot cake is TOTALLY worth going off the reservation for. Yum. @Captain Tom, Mango + avocado + fresh fish + big blue sky + the sea = Perfection. Can I send you some money ahead of time to pre-buy the Keys' entire stock of good mango? ;) @Sam, Don't sweat the chai latte... it's the general <em>direction</em> you're headed, not the detours you take sometimes. If you read Robb Wolf's blog comments regularly, you've probably seen my public confession of my affinity for Purely Decadent Mint Chip ;) @Chelsea,

If you get a chance to stop at the Frontier this summer (it’s worth going out of your way for!), ask for Gil or Katie, and say hi for me. They’ll defininitely know me by first name :) Oh, their carrot cake is TOTALLY worth going off the reservation for. Yum.

@Captain Tom,

Mango + avocado + fresh fish + big blue sky + the sea = Perfection. Can I send you some money ahead of time to pre-buy the Keys’ entire stock of good mango? ;)

@Sam,

Don’t sweat the chai latte… it’s the general direction you’re headed, not the detours you take sometimes. If you read Robb Wolf’s blog comments regularly, you’ve probably seen my public confession of my affinity for Purely Decadent Mint Chip ;)

]]> By: Samantha Aurelio http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7759 Samantha Aurelio Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:36:17 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7759 "They offer little in the way of a social or cultural experience – something from which we (as a society) have grown woefully distant in the last few decades." How true. When I spent my semester abroad in Europe whenever I would travel outside of Holland where I was staying I ended up eating out quite a bit. I think it was Spain first. They like to sit and enjoy but they are quick on-the-go-ers as well. Now... ITALY. Italy you really have to GET THEIR ATTENTION if you wanted to get out of there. You don't want another coffee? A piece of cheese? How are you today? It was Italy and Holland itself that was just sit at the restaurant for hours and keep buying coffee (Italy) or beer (Holland) and stay for a while. Waiter's virtually disappeared after you were done with your course and popped up every now and then to grab you a drink. This was after, of course, you've heard their whole life story and how their day was. I loved how personal each dining experience was. Oh. And by the way - Monmouth County, NJ. The Turning Point (http://www.theturningpoint.biz/home.php). They've branched out only in Monmouth County (mwahaha). It's some great food. 'Good' food. LOVE THIS PLACE. And the waiters/waitresses are usually regular employees. The one guy was asking my friend and I about Girl Scout Cookies (they were selling outside) so we bought him a box - and he gave us free tea :) The guy who opened the store originally wanted to be a business owner but did not want to not be home for his kids once they got home from school. So he opened a restaurant that stays open from 8a-3p and it is all kinds of goodness. My favorite? The Crabcake Benedict minus the hollandaise or the Martha's Vinyard Salad, no bread, no dressing, extra chicken. The Turkey Chili is quite amazing, too. Yum. I need to go home so I can eat some Turning Point! And shh! I usually treat myself to a creamy chai tea latte :) But don't tell Melissa or Dallas! 0:) -Samantha “They offer little in the way of a social or cultural experience – something from which we (as a society) have grown woefully distant in the last few decades.”

How true. When I spent my semester abroad in Europe whenever I would travel outside of Holland where I was staying I ended up eating out quite a bit. I think it was Spain first. They like to sit and enjoy but they are quick on-the-go-ers as well. Now… ITALY. Italy you really have to GET THEIR ATTENTION if you wanted to get out of there. You don’t want another coffee? A piece of cheese? How are you today? It was Italy and Holland itself that was just sit at the restaurant for hours and keep buying coffee (Italy) or beer (Holland) and stay for a while. Waiter’s virtually disappeared after you were done with your course and popped up every now and then to grab you a drink. This was after, of course, you’ve heard their whole life story and how their day was. I loved how personal each dining experience was.

Oh. And by the way – Monmouth County, NJ. The Turning Point (http://www.theturningpoint.biz/home.php). They’ve branched out only in Monmouth County (mwahaha). It’s some great food. ‘Good’ food. LOVE THIS PLACE. And the waiters/waitresses are usually regular employees. The one guy was asking my friend and I about Girl Scout Cookies (they were selling outside) so we bought him a box – and he gave us free tea :)

The guy who opened the store originally wanted to be a business owner but did not want to not be home for his kids once they got home from school. So he opened a restaurant that stays open from 8a-3p and it is all kinds of goodness. My favorite? The Crabcake Benedict minus the hollandaise or the Martha’s Vinyard Salad, no bread, no dressing, extra chicken. The Turkey Chili is quite amazing, too. Yum. I need to go home so I can eat some Turning Point! And shh! I usually treat myself to a creamy chai tea latte :) But don’t tell Melissa or Dallas! 0:)

-Samantha

]]> By: Carrie http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7758 Carrie Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:51:39 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7758 I am a Maine-iac transplanted to the South and miss the kind of food I was able to get back home. I can make it, but I would love to find food like that in a restaurant down here. I am a Maine-iac transplanted to the South and miss the kind of food I was able to get back home. I can make it, but I would love to find food like that in a restaurant down here.

]]> By: captaintom http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7757 captaintom Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:36:56 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7757 Chelsea said, "At least your co-workers recognize an avocado when they see one. You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve been asked “What is that?” while eating my lunch…" Down here in South Florida we often get Hass and Florida Avocados for a buck a piece or less. They are a staple in our salads, sliced with tomatoes or plain doused with a little lemon juice. I also found a description for avocado deviled eggs from one of the contributors to this blog site. They are simply awesome. The other fruit that is always in the house is Mango. Plain, in a salad, mango coleslaw or mango salsa (mango, chopped onion, lime juice and jalapenos) with fish and pork. I am always amazed when one of our visitors has never had either. We do our best to make sure they do leave hooked! Chelsea said, “At least your co-workers recognize an avocado when they see one. You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve been asked “What is that?” while eating my lunch…”

Down here in South Florida we often get Hass and Florida Avocados for a buck a piece or less. They are a staple in our salads, sliced with tomatoes or plain doused with a little lemon juice. I also found a description for avocado deviled eggs from one of the contributors to this blog site. They are simply awesome.

The other fruit that is always in the house is Mango. Plain, in a salad, mango coleslaw or mango salsa (mango, chopped onion, lime juice and jalapenos) with fish and pork.

I am always amazed when one of our visitors has never had either. We do our best to make sure they do leave hooked!

]]> By: Nadia http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7756 Nadia Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:21:38 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7756 I'm very fond of Life Alive (http://www.lifealive.com), a very colorful cafe in downtown Lowell, MA. They serve a wide variety of delicious, fresh, organic vegetables and nuts, cook by flash-steaming, and avocado is almost always in season. this place would be perfect if they served meat. I’m very fond of Life Alive (http://www.lifealive.com), a very colorful cafe in downtown Lowell, MA.
They serve a wide variety of delicious, fresh, organic vegetables and nuts, cook by flash-steaming, and avocado is almost always in season. this place would be perfect if they served meat.

]]> By: Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7755 Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:01:41 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7755 You know I eat breakfast every Saturday morning at Habanero, the Tex-Mex joint in my 'hood. Since I don't generally eat the carbs they have on the menu -- tortillas, french fries, and refried beans -- I usually eat a cup of snap peas on the 1/4-mile walk there, and a piece of an apple on the way home. The first time, it felt kinda stupid, but now, it's just SOP. You know I eat breakfast every Saturday morning at Habanero, the Tex-Mex joint in my ‘hood. Since I don’t generally eat the carbs they have on the menu — tortillas, french fries, and refried beans — I usually eat a cup of snap peas on the 1/4-mile walk there, and a piece of an apple on the way home. The first time, it felt kinda stupid, but now, it’s just SOP.

]]> By: Chelsea http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7754 Chelsea Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:56:15 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7754 Atleast your co-workers recognize an avocado when they see one. You wouldn't believe how many times I've been asked "What is that?" while eating my lunch... Atleast your co-workers recognize an avocado when they see one. You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve been asked “What is that?” while eating my lunch…

]]> By: Mike http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-7753 Mike Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:49:19 +0000 http://whole9life.com/?p=4568#comment-7753 That salad looks awesome! I bring my own avocados to work all the time to add to my meals when I don't bring lunch and everyone in my office thinks its really funny. Though over time more of them have been asking me for diet & workout advice so they must not think I'm completely crazy yet. haha! That salad looks awesome! I bring my own avocados to work all the time to add to my meals when I don’t bring lunch and everyone in my office thinks its really funny.
Though over time more of them have been asking me for diet & workout advice so they must not think I’m completely crazy yet. haha!

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