I guess it takes them a while to get their journals online! I mostly looked at the photos, and they were astounding. The before photos (at age 11, I think) were what you'd expect, pretty much identical and narrow paletes. The after (around age 13) were strikingly different with the twin that had teeth removed still very narrow and the twin that had the widening devise (not sure what it was, it was several years go) having this beautiful wide palate and round face. Even her eyes looked different.

I don't know anything about the "new" method, but just wanted to say that the newest "Wise Traditions" journal of the Weston A Price Foundation has a fascinating discussion of palate widening in 2 identical twins: one had teeth removed, the other wore a device of some sort. The after pics (a year or two time span, I think) is INCREDIBLE. I mean, INCREDIBLE! See if you can get your hands on a copy, well worth it!

I am somewhere in the transition to making everything myself. We have been doing WAPF diet for years, but bought a lot of the stuff already made (local farm and health food stores). I make my own stock and soups, and sometimes make crackers and snacky food. I still buy my bread and dairy products (like cottage cheese). Otherwise I make all of our meals from scratch. A typical day for us is like this: Breakfast: Soaked kamut pancakes (bought kamut flour already milled), butter (bought from farm), maple syrup, sausage or bacon (bought from Polyface farm) Lunch (our big meal): Homemade soup (made with homemade stock), salad of some sort (yesterday was asparagus, beets, goat's cheese-bought, pine nuts, and homemade dressing), then entree of something like Baked Chicken, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, and steamed broccoli. Supper: Homemade soup and store-bought sourdough with farm-made butter. DH and I don't snack, but DS will have cottage cheese (farm made) and fruit 1-2X a day. Beverages are just water and tea. I would like to brew some lacto-fermented sodas at some point. So I'm definitely still transitioning and buying a number of things already made. The way I say it: I make all of our meals from scratch but don't yet make all of our ingredients. To answer your question, for where I am now I spend about 3 hours in the kitchen a day (that includes prep, cooking, dishes, cleaning, etc.) When I add bread, dairy and sodas, I expects to add 1 more hour a day most days, alternating what I do each day (i.e. Mon is bread day, Tue is butter and cottage cheese day, Wed is sodas, etc.)