How to cut an onion | Cynthia Lair | TEDxRainier

Author and teacher Cynthia Lair shares a stirring tale about the unexpected benefits of mindful cooking. As assistant professor and Culinary Curriculum Director for Bastyr University (http://www.bastyr.edu), author Cynthia Lair is dedicated to educating people about the benefits of whole foods and their role in developing healthy children, young adults and families. Her cookbooks, Feeding the Whole Family (http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Whole-F...) and Feeding the Young Athlete (http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Young-A...) exemplify this. She is also the host of the online cooking show Cookus Interruptus (http://www.cookusinterruptus.com/), believing that education is best when accompanied with humor. This talk was given at TEDxRainier in Seattle on November 10, 2012. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)