- -: Cooking with Liquid Nitrogen - Ferran Adria and Harold McGee
March 18, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/10/Ferran_Adria_A_Day_at_elBulli Chef Ferran Adria, head chef of elBulli, and Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking, describe how liquid nitrogen is used in restaurant kitchens to create innovative dishes like alcohol sorbets and frozen pistachio p...
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- -: Hungry Girl Says Don't Always Believe Low Fat Labels
May 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/04/Hungry_Girl_Lisa_Lillien_Offers_Dieting_Wisdom Lisa Lillien, founder of hungry-girl.com, remembers testing "low-fat" Trader Joe's Chili Lime Chicken Burgers in a food lab and discovering they actually contain 12 fat grams, instead of the 3 grams liste...
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- -: Secret to Effective Dieting? Portion Control - David Kessler
June 26, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/08/The_End_of_Overeating_Dr_David_A_Kessler Former FDA commissioner David Kessler argues that eating, even while trying to lose weight, must be pleasurable and rewarding. Dr. Kessler argues for moderation and portion control. There's no "magic bullet," h...
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- -: From Pets to... Prosciutto - Novella Carpenter
July 6, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/18/Farm_City_Novella_Carpenter_with_Michael_Pollan Discussing her experience with pigs, Novella Carpenter shares her new-found appreciation for the time and effort it takes to raise a farm animal. She reflects on the making of prosciutto by saying, "It d...
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- -: The Ethics of Raising 'Edible Pets' - Novella Carpenter
July 6, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/18/Farm_City_Novella_Carpenter_with_Michael_Pollan Michael Pollan questions Novella Carpenter on how she is able to slaughter the animals she raises on her urban farm. "I don't think there's anything wrong with loving them, feeding them, and gently killi...
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- -: Michael Pollan Links Food Reform to Health Insurance
July 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/18/Farm_City_Novella_Carpenter_with_Michael_Pollan Michael Pollan discusses a recent Michelle Obama speech on reforming the US food system. He says, "The way we're growing food is a key to the health care crisis on the one side, and climate change and en...
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- -: The Secret Life of Ants - Brian Fisher
August 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/23/Ants_The_Invisible_Majority_with_Dr_Brian_Fisher Brian Fisher, entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences, seeks answers to mankind's societal problems by observing the social world of ants. In addition to cattle-herding, Fisher claims ants al...
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- -: Can McDonalds Help Promote Global Health? - Don Nutbeam
August 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/12/Health_Sustainability_and_Globalization Don Nutbeam explains that while many oppose the global spread of companies like McDonald's and Coca-Cola, their wide distribution network could be used to improve global health. "Can we as public health activist...
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- -: Genetic Engineering Not a New Science - Pamela Ronald
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/28/Pamela_Ronald_and_Raoul_Adamchak_The_Food_of_the_Future Pamela Ronald, professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, explains that although there is a stigma around the term, genetic engineering has been around for thousands of ...
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- -: McDonald's Appeal? A 'Safe' Meal - Max Barry
August 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Max_Barry_on_Risk Satirical author Max Barry argues that one of the keys to McDonald's success is safety. He says consumers are comforted by the stability found within the Golden Arches. ----- Bestselling satirical novelist Max Barry explains how ou...
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