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Maira Kalman on Art and the Power of Not Thinking
Maira Kalman on Art and the Power of Not Thinking

“To have an empty brain is a complete delight.”

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Digesting the Most Important Food Politics Book of the Past 50 Years
Digesting the Most Important Food Politics Book of the Past 50 Years

Up close and personal with a book whose highest aspiration is to one day be quaint.

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The Best Food Books of 2011
The Best Food Books of 2011

From farm life to molecular gastronomy, or what The Beatles have to do with the history of menu design.

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Around the World in 80 Diets: Portraits of What People Across the Globe Eat in an Average Day
Around the World in 80 Diets: Portraits of What People Across the Globe Eat in an Average Day

From Bangladesh to Brazil, or what photojournalism can reveal about food and cultural context.

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Earth Day The Reel Way
Earth Day The Reel Way

Just how stupid we really are, or what James Earl Jones and a giant humpback whale have in common.

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How Thomas Jefferson Pioneered the Tomato, Championed Urban Farming, and Taught Americans to Make Coffee
How Thomas Jefferson Pioneered the Tomato, Championed Urban Farming, and Taught Americans to Make Coffee

The Founding Father’s lesser-known but monumental contributions to modern culture.

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David Brooks on the Dangerous Division Between Reason and Emotion, Animated
David Brooks on the Dangerous Division Between Reason and Emotion, Animated

The false division of the self, or what’s wrong with using physics to assess human behavior.

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Meat the Future: An Animated Case for In-Vitro Meat
Meat the Future: An Animated Case for In-Vitro Meat

Petri dish to plate, or how to feed the world of 7 billion without starving the planet.

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Earth Day the TED Way
Earth Day the TED Way

Oceans, omnivores, and what babies have to do with design manifestos.

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Sustainable Agriculture: Top 5 Innovation Efforts
Sustainable Agriculture: Top 5 Innovation Efforts

What sheep have to do with high-rises and Obama first oversight.

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