It's More American Than Mom's Apple Pie

From TED 2008 Taste3 Conference in Napa, California

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Jennifer 8. Lee is a reporter for the New York Times, starting with the paper as a tech writer for the Circuits section. She's now a metropolitan reporter for the paper, turning in sparkling and intricately reported stories of city life. NPR called her a "conceptual scoop" artist -- finding and getting details on new lifestyle trends that we all want to talk about.

Her fascination with American Chinese food led her to research and write The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, in which she solves some of the enduring mysteries around this indigenous cuisine, including such questions as: "Who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?" and "Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?"

One woman.

One great mystery.

One consuming obsession.

40,000 restaurants.

Her latest book is The Fortune Cookie Chronicles and is ranked #26 on the New York Times Best Seller List and featured on Colbert Report, CNN, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR stations coast to coast. Plus Borders Original Voices and Book Sense selections.

Jenny's Blog: http://www.fortunecookiechronicles.com/blog

The Happy Sauce

"The mind knows not,

what the tongue wants."

From TED 2004 Conference in Monterey, California

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EEG Biofeedback

The following video clips are of an emerging science to treat various health problems using EEG technology.

In the first clip, what appears to be digital artwork in the background is really digital imagery taken of the human brain, using EEG equipment connected to a computer. Visit BrainPaint's website or the Global BrainPaint site for more information.

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1. De Vine Health

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2. De Vine Documentary Intro

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3. CBS clips

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The Bees

"Having a meadow or living near one is transformational."

"I'm glad to say that we think we know the cause of all of these conditions, and that cause is N.D.D. (Nature Deficit Disorder). And that is what I think we have in our society and that we forgot our connection with Nature. And I think that if we reconnect to Nature we'll be able to have the resources and that interest to solve these problems. And I think there is an easy cure for N.D.D., and that is make meadows and not lawns. And I think we have lost our connection and this is a wonderful way of reconnecting to our environment..."

"If we look at the history of lawns, it's rather tragic. It used to be 2-3 hundred years ago that a lawn was a symbol of prestige, and so it was only the very rich who could keep these green, actually deserts. They're totally sterile."

"Make Meadows not Lawns." 

 

"Not all of us have meadows or lawns we can convert, and so of course you can always grow a meadow in a pot. These aparently can be the gateway to, you know... other things, so I'm not saying that you should plant a meadow of pot, but a pot of a meadow."

From Taste3 2008 Conference in Napa, California

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