Russ Crandall is the talented home chef behind The Domestic Man, a leading food blog in the Paleo, gluten-free, and whole foods communities. In his twenties, he suffered a number of life-threatening illnesses, was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition, and was sent home with a lifetime's worth of medications. Disenchanted with modern medicine, Russ started searching for his own answers and quickly discovered that eating a gluten-free, nutrient-rich diet instantly alleviated most of the medical issues that had plagued him for years. Taking cues from his undergraduate studies in history and his travels around the world, Russ quickly discovered that traditional dishes-those that people ate just a few generations ago-inherently embody healthy principles because they were created at a time before processed foods existed. During the day, he serves as a Russian translator in the U.S. Navy, and in the evening, he can be found tinkering with traditional recipes. He and his family live in Baltimore but consider Hawaii home.
The Domestic Man is an absolute stand-out chef in the ancestral health community. No one combines classical cooking techniques, outstanding and broad flavors, and international flair quite like Russ. With unique and unctuous recipes, The Ancestral Table is a book that will find a prominent place in our home: open, splattered, and next to my stove. --Stacy Toth, co-author of the cookbooks Beyond Bacon: Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog and Eat Like a Dinosaur, and the blog Paleo Parents