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Chandler Burr on perfumes you could eat

by TEDxCambridge Team on 19. Jun, 2011 in Food, How do you eat?, TEDxCambridge, Videos

Scent critic Chandler Burr takes us on a tour of some of the most exciting fragrances from the world of gourmand perfumes, with aromas so delicious you could almost eat them.

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David Gracer on eating bugs

by TEDxCambridge Team on 19. Jun, 2011 in How do you eat?, TEDxCambridge, Videos

Entomophagist David Gracer makes the case for why, if we want to feed a hungry world, we should eat more bugs.

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John Gertsen on the history of cocktails

by TEDxCambridge Team on 05. May, 2011 in Food, How do you eat?, Speakers, TEDxCambridge, Videos

Drink bartender John Gertsen uses the history of cocktails to show us why “it’s not what’s in the glass.”

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Don Katz on the origins of taste

by TEDxCambridge Team on 13. Apr, 2011 in Food, How do you eat?, Speakers, Videos

Yuck or yum? Don Katz reveals what the social life of rats can tell us about the origins of taste.

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Wylie Dufresne and the Incredible Egg

by TEDxCambridge Team on 11. Apr, 2011 in How do you eat?, Speakers, TEDxCambridge, Videos

Wylie Dufresne, chef and owner of WD-50 in New York, talks about his favorite food – the humble egg – and the amazing things he has been able to transform it into, aided by a little curiosity and hunger.

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Kenji Lopez-Alt on the Science and Craft of Food

by TEDxCambridge Team on 07. Apr, 2011 in How do you eat?, Speakers, TEDxCambridge, Videos

Chef, writer, and recipe developer Kenji Lopez-Alt explains how he got into the business of questioning conventional cooking wisdom and shares some of the more surprising insights he has discovered.

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TED.com: William Li on Eating to Starve Cancer

by TEDxCambridge Team on 18. May, 2010 in Food, How do you eat?, TED.com

At TED 2010 in Long Beach, CA, Dr. William Li, head of the Angiogenesis Foundation in Cambridge, MA, presented a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply [...]

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The bugs were a hit!

by TEDxCambridge Team on 18. May, 2010 in Food, How do you eat?

In the first session, entomophagist David Gracer spoke passionately about why humans should eat more insects, and at the reception, our caterer, Chive Events, rose to David’s challenge, sautéing hundreds of crickets with spinach and peppers, and serving them up on VerTerra plates. We weren’t sure how many brave souls we would have in the audience [...]

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