It has been theorized that human's switching from a vegetarian diet to a meat-occasional diet was responsible for the relatively rapid growth of their brains. That larger brain allowed them to outsmart their prey and avoid dangers. In addition it reduced the need for having a large gut, which was required to process difficult-to-digest foodstuffs. This high-fat regimen also gave them the means to ascend to the top of the food chain by running down large prey that had more speed but less endurance, due to their diets. Today, most of us consider beef to be a special treat that is available...

While most of us are accustomed to only having desert after a meal, let me suggest that a good desert is good anytime, perhaps with a robust cup of coffee or espresso. This book is focused around easier to prepare, fun to eat recipes.

Why purchase and have make you way through an all-encompassing cookbook (at additional cost) when you are only interested in finding great recipes for yourself or your guest dinners. Other than chapters that deal with basics of cooking, this book concentrates on entrees and hearty soups that can be entrees or side dishes. Cooking great meals has three main foes... ** first, of course, is a lack of time ** second is the normal multi-dish cooking with the need to have all dishes ready at the same time ** third is the chore of cleaning several pots, pans or bowls after meal or the entertaining...

Nearly everyone believes strongly in the concept of free will. It seems natural that when we decide to do or say something, we are acting out of our own particular knowledge and interests, and making choices. What could be more reasonable than that? The answer is: everything else in the universe. Just because we have come to a conclusion that it must be the case, does not make it so. Understanding this counter-intuitive concept of free will takes a deep insight into human nature, and how that came about. For years we did not believe that the animals, sea creatures, and certainly not insects,...