A follow up from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized: Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic from 2006-2010, is the Director and Curator of the Center of Olfactory Art at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. In his TedxCambridge talk he speaks about eating scent and smelling food.
Category: food
TEDxCambridge: Kenji Lopez-Alt, Food Science
A follow up from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized: 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.
TEDxCambridge: John Gertsen, Cocktail History
A follow up from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized: From Drink bartender John Gertsen uses the history of cocktails to show us why “it’s not what’s in the glass.”
GEL conference 2011
I’m off to nyc for the GEL conference. Will have more posts soon, otherwise, let me know if there is anything else I should catch while in town this week.
TEDxCambridge: Wylie Dufresne – The Egg
As another talk from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized last year:
“Chef Wylie Dufresne of WD-50 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.”
Entertainment Gathering (EG) 2010
I’m at the EG conference the rest of the week in beautiful Monterey CA. Let me know if ya have any must go to tips in Monterey, otherwise swing by to say hi though I’ll be indoors watching speakers and performances most of the time.
TEDxCambridge: Don Katz, Food Neuroscience
Last year I helped organized TEDxCambridge and starting this week we’ll be releasing a few of the amazing talks held during that event.
“Neuroscientist Don Katz uses experiments with rats to shed light on where taste preferences come from and, when it comes to food, why we like what we like.”
via YouTube
Recycling a bottle, flashmob style!
This is how it should feel like when you recycle and do good!!!(watch video on youtube) Reminds me in Charlie Todd from Improv Everywheres Welcome Back project.
Motoi Yamamoto: Salt Mazes
Wow, these are beautiful! love it! I wonder what I would do with 2000 pounds of salt.
“Motoi Yamamoto uses the ubiquitous white mineral to design unfathomably intricate — and deeply personal — floor sculptures.
Motoi Yamamoto has to be the most patient man in the world. A Japanese artist, Yamamoto uses salt to create monumental floor paintings, each so absurdly detailed, it makes A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte look like child’s play. He calls them, fittingly, his Labyrinths. ”
via fastcodesign (pictures mirrored after the jump.)
DLD Conference 2011 Livestream
For those of you that could not make it to the DLD conference in Munich this year like myself, there is a livestream of their lectures all 3 days. Take a peek at their schedule then grab some food and watch the all day series of talks. Keep in mind the schedule is in Munich time, so I think about 5-6 hours ahead of EST.
*they also have a great archive of each video in that livestream url. Watch these anytime.