Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
The Magic of DonorsChoose — Join Me and Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian for Dinner
DonorsChoose.org is the first charity named to Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World.
I dislike most non-profits because — good intentions aside — they get little or no results.
DonorsChoose, on the other hand, is incredibly effective. In this month’s Vanity Fair, Melinda Gates describes them as “Kickstarter for classrooms.” Here’s her short article, which includes a photo spread by Annie Leibovitz. I make a guest appearance, which was a dream come true.
Here’s why I’m on their advisory board: To me, poor education is the root cause of most of our problems. DonorsChoose (DC) is helping to fix education.
This post launches a competition. If you’ve ever benefited from anything I’ve written, I’d kindly ask you to participate.
The four winners will get flown to dinner with me, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and DonorsChoose’s founder, Charles Best. Roundtrip economy airfare to/from NYC is covered for all four winners.
Ready? Here are the details…
· TIMING: Monday, May 13 through June 3. This is a three-week campaign of goodness.
· PRIZES: The top two “fundraisers,” as well as two randomly chosen “donors,” will win dinner in NYC (or San Francisco) with Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, DonorsChoose.org founder Charles Best, and me. Roundtrip economy airfare is covered.
· HOW TO WIN: There are two ways to win — roll the dice, or be master of your own fate.
Random shot:
Step 1: Donate to a classroom on my Giving Page here. For bonus points and good karma, share the link far and wide: www.donorschoose.org/tim
Step 2: Cross your fingers! Once the campaign ends, DC.org will select and announce two random winner(s) who donated to my page.
Master your own fate — make dinner happen:
Step 1: Create your own “Giving Page,” by choosing the “4-Hour Chef” category from this page.
Step 2: Add a picture, description, and classroom projects to your page. Choose whichever projects you like. This will automatically add your Giving Page to my Leaderboard.
Step 3: If you like, add the 4-Hour Chef widget (on the “Create a Giving Page”) to your website, etc.
Step 4: Fundraise! Do your best to get the most donors and/or the most money into classrooms. There will be two “master of fate” winners: 1) most money raised, and 2) most donors on your page.
###
Please note: This competition is about being resourceful… and not about how many resources you personally have. So, don’t be intimidated.
I’ve run online fundraisers in the past, and the McGyvers win more often than the Donald Trumps. Be bold and get creative.
Hope to raise a glass of wine to you soon 
Go get it!
Tim
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Dinner table neuropsychology
Common sense or ‘folk psychology‘ is what your average person in the street uses to make sense of human behaviour. It says people have affairs because their relationship is unsatisfying, that people steal because they want money and that people give to charity because they want to help people.
Scientists tend to say ‘well, it’s a bit more complicated than that’ but talk of conditional risk factors for behaviour won’t get you very far in a dinner table discussion so ‘folk psychology’ is a culturally agreed form of psychology that is acceptable to use in everyday explanation.
I’ve just been alerted to a fascinating study in the journal Public Understanding of Science looks at how the enthusiasm for pop neuroscience has encroached on ‘folk psychology’ to create a form of ‘folk neuropsychology’ where brain-based explanations are now becoming acceptable in everyday explanation.
Talking brains: a cognitive semantic analysis of an emerging folk neuropsychology
Paul Rodriguez
Public Understanding of Science July 2006 vol. 15 no. 3 301-330
What is the influence of neuroscience on the common sense way we talk about behavior and mental experience? This article examines this influence and the diffusion of neuroscience terms as it appears in everyday language that reflects shared cultural knowledge. In an unsolicited collection of speech acts and metaphors I show that the word “brain” often substitutes for “mind” and brain states are often asserted as the cause of mental states. I also present several examples of visual depictions of the brain, including modern brain scans, which have become the basis for new cultural symbols that are identified with mental experience. Taken together, the linguistic and visual brain metaphors highlight the concrete nature of the brain in contrast to the abstract nature of the mind. This, in turn, provides a physical dimension to the way we conceptualize mental phenomena in ordinary language. Thus, a modern folk neuropsychology is emerging which provides an alternative, reductionist, and sometimes competing network of concepts for explaining the mind in comparison to conventional folk psychology.
The full study is available online as a pdf if you want the details.
Link to DOI entry for study (via @cfernyhough)
pdf of full text.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
New Majesco Cooking Mama 2 Dinner With Friends Product Type Ds Game Configuration J Video Games
Title: Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends. Genre: Simulation Video Game. Studio: MAJESCO. Marketing Coordinator: Pete Rosky Director of Creative Services: Leslie Mills DeMarco Logo, Package & Manual Design: Vic Merritt PR Account Director: Matt Schlosberg PR Account Coordinator: Laura Paul SVP of Publishing: Jo Jo Faham SVP of Business and Legal Affairs: Adam Sultan IT Manager: Paul Campagna Burn Room Technician: Kevin Tsakonas QA Manager: Eric Jezercak Project Lead: Jonathan Black Lead Tester: Manny Hernandez, Tito Jimenez Tester: Damion DeStefano, Larry Contreras, Jorge Cosme, Marc Dunyak, John Moran, Gina Giacobbe, Martin Sanelli, Phillip Johnson, John Rocco, Joseph Ronquillo, Onix Alicea, Joey Goldstein, Justin Rivera.Price: $57.31
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Great Ideas for Dinner in Under 10 Minutes
As I mentioned in a recent post here at Lifehack, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown that the average American spends as many as 49 hours a year just shopping for food. On top of that, we also spend an additional 288 hours per year preparing all the food that we’ve purchased.
And all of this cooking has to take place in a pretty limited window of time. Maybe you have a commute that’s over an hour, which will limit your available cooking time drastically by the time you actually walk through the door. Or maybe you have a family that rarely eats together due to work, sports, or other after-school activities that scatter your mealtimes all over the board.
So if you’re looking to cut meal prep down to a more reasonable amount of time, there are a bunch of great resources you can tap into. Without further ado, here are some great online resources for planning dinners that can be ready in 10 minutes or less, along with some of their best meal ideas to date.
I recently discovered the blog Dinner in Ten Minutes, which lists tons of great ideas for meals that are fast, easy, fresh, and still take less time than waiting in a line to order fast food from a burger joint.
The pet project of Jan Littlehales, Dinner in Ten Minutes is a great repository of fast, easy, and healthy recipes. Littlehales explains her cooking philosophy as follows: “Having spent thousands of hours in the kitchen cooking meals for my family, I’m convinced there are plenty of options out there for dinner in ten minutes. And that’s what this website is about. Being able to get a tasty meal on the table, night after night, and still be sane by the end of the week.”
Top Recipe Picks
1. Lamb Burgers: Combine ground lamb, egg, breadcrumbs, garlic, mint, and dijon mustard. Form into small mini-patties and serve on small buns with cheese, veggies, or caramelized onions.
2. Beef Stroganoff: This one takes 6 hours in the slow cooker to actually cook through, but only about ten minutes to prep the ingredients and plate.
3. Baked Fish: Bake thin fish filets in the oven, smothered with San Marzano tomatoes, fresh herbs, and lemon juice.
Giving practical advice to women and their families since the late 1920s, Women’s Day is a treasure trove of quick meal ideas. With a circulation of almost 4 million, there are plenty of great home economics and food tips for readers to enjoy. Here are some of their most recent recipes.
Top Recipe Picks
1. Season pork cutlets with ground ginger, salt and pepper. Panfry until just cooked through; remove. Add drained canned sliced peaches and mango chutney; stir until hot. Spoon over cutlets.
2. Sauté scallops in hot oil in skillet until cooked through; remove. Sauté sliced shiitake mushrooms and minced garlic in same skillet until tender; stir in Szechuan stir-fry sauce. Spoon over scallops; sprinkle with sliced scallions.
3. Heat broiler. Open hero rolls and place on foil-lined baking sheet. Meanwhile, heat ready-to-heat turkey meatballs in equal parts marinara sauce and taco sauce with some ground cumin. Spoon meatball mixture into rolls, top with shredded chipotle Cheddar and broil to melt cheese.
Mark Bittman of the New York Times put together a list of 101 easy recipes that take 10 minutes or less (give or take) a while back. Bittman says he devoted time to this project because “The pleasures of cooking are sometimes obscured by summer haze and heat, which can cause many of us to turn instead to bad restaurants and worse takeout…With a little imagination and some swift moves — and maybe a salad and a loaf of bread — you can turn any dish on this list into a meal that not only will be better than takeout, but won’t heat you out of the house.”
Top Recipe Picks
1. Make pesto: put a couple of cups of basil leaves, a garlic clove, salt, pepper and olive oil as necessary in a blender (walnuts and Parmesan are optional). Serve over pasta (dilute with oil or water as necessary) or grilled fish or meat.
2. Gazpacho: Combine one pound tomatoes cut into chunks, a cucumber peeled and cut into chunks, two or three slices stale bread torn into pieces, a quarter-cup olive oil, two tablespoons sherry vinegar and a clove of garlic in a blender with one cup water and a couple of ice cubes. Process until smooth, adding water if necessary. Season with salt and pepper, then serve or refrigerate, garnished with anchovies if you like, and a little more olive oil.
3. Call it a panini: Grilled cheese with prosciutto, tomatoes, thyme or basil leaves.
What are your favorite quick meal ideas? Tell us in the comments below!
Tucker is a writer and social media professional living in New England. When she's not staring into a tiny electric box, she engages in pointless acts of stupidity at BadBoozeReview.com and posts daily at MargeryJones.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)