Nathan Myhrvold: Cut your food in half

[soopie1]

is this guy from Microsoft?

[paskom0]

Brilliant!

[blankprobe]

he disacates food, cuts it in half. the way you´d cut a herring in half during a biology session ^^

[bukssna]

why the dislikes? this guy is genius !!

[dallasluce]

Title was misleading...

[teewilson333]

I love it when people surpass "specialization" and begin to integrate fields of study and become generalized in many fields of study. Physics and cooking who would have thought. =)

[MoowChair]

i want this cook book...

[tomahable]

The way he thinks reminds me of the first time tripped. Aw so much beauty in the world.

[enzyme20056]

cool whip

[ryoshi100]

um, food techniques that only a few top restaurants can even afford to try seems rather impracticable for the rest of us. Most of us can't even consider buying a piece of equipment that costs more than my car to make chicken that doesn't even taste any better than what I can do at home in a 20 dollar pot.

[jdschu01]

The old way of cooking food is the old way. WOW! That is the most profound thing I have ever heard anyone say about anything.

[alban444]

I was expecting an inspiring Ted Talk like Jamie Oliver's, not this 10 minute infomercial for a cookbook!

[juuonse]

Broccoli... ew....

[RollinLeonard]

WHY IS THE TED INTRO SO LOUD?!

[sanoonbs]

washable waterproof paper?

[Ko252]

This is guy is multitalented genius.

[holisticjose]

I think I want this cookbook! Awesome

[maggie94306]

I completely agree that this is undeserving of TED. If I want to watch commercials, they are not hard to find.

[richardcadbury]

Who the fuck buys a cookbook for £375.25?

[benace10]

Man book sells. Undeserving of TED.

[p3destrian]

interesting pictures, at least

[AlgisKemezys]

great idea

[JAMamation]

say cool whip

[amoswembley]

@liquidminds £375...I'm on the UK site!

[amoswembley]

he misses out the fact that he charges £375 for the book!!! total douche!

[liquidminds]

@amoswembley 375... on amazon i only found the $625 version.... 375 sounds really cheap compared to that....

[Mystery207]

And they have a nasty name for the former Microsoft honcho: "patent troll."

[ExtreamThrills]

hawile the broccili is steaming

[mQtek]

One huge ad.

[shutuprafa]

i know it's irrelevant to the video itself...but can you say patent troll?

[tdreamgmail]

This should not be on TED

[Tolstoievsky]

disliked- not cool enough to justify an ad

[kkme7]

Hwhy?

[TheJovanist]

@kkme7 dude it's "Hawwhy"

[oldcapemaycrab]

All Americans now die from between 40 and 70 years too soon - hideous, prolonged suffering - from all of the diseases which result from sugar poisoning - but NO COOKBOOK tell you how to live the 120 years that Harvard Scientists have told us is what should be the Normal Life Span.

I've learned how to actually DO IT - BUT i CAN'T FIND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW!

[zwete]

I want that book, but damn it's expensive.

[flarestrike]

he is... putting too much emphasis on the H wHen he says wHile.. reminds me of stewie :) haha

[marianopicco]

Talks like Stewie... Whil Whheaton

[alexhamster1134]

@marianopicco not sure if you know what stewie actually sounds like, but he sounds more like bill gates

[marianopicco]

@alexhamster1134 just watch the episode where Stewie brings the cast of Star Trek to his home to hang out with them and you'll get the reference...

[alexhamster1134]

@marianopicco oh yes, i got the hwill hweaton bit, youre very funny.

[awesome220]

@marianopicco He must be from the south or Maine or something. Both those areas have lots of people who still do the 'hw' thing.

[yigal345]

interesting ideas, he should patent them. probably already have

[chefawkes]

there's so much important stuff for me to learn. i really don't need to know this.

[frydayupinhere]

i watched 4 minutes, and i must say i didnt enjoy. from the knowledge i have now. maby someone could give me a reason why it didnt suck. but rigt now i have to give a thumbs down.

[stale994]

@frydayupinhere patience, my son

[Diatonic135]

this is all very interesting but when fat men talk about the science of eating, i think they've missed the point.

[actigene2]

i like it :) i really appreciate the effort his team put into this book. and, it explains the science of food - i love that.

[bentothetenthpower]

Wow. This guy really pronounces his wh's.

[hcortens]

@bentothetenthpower i tell you HWHAT

[SSuperCuriouss]

i have to say, my inquisite mind has always wondered about the physics and chemistry while cooking and baking.

[franzgretel]

Cool Whip. That is all.

[Bracerjack]

@franzgretel

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Burningtree22]

4:51 ...some people think we use Photoshop, but we don't really...

5:40 ...and you suubstitute the edges, and that part uses Photoshop...

I was impressed for just under a minute...

[holyscythe]

Its hard to pronounce the "w's", why, while

[zapleaf]

@holyscythe No.. He is pronouncing the 'H'

[holyscythe]

@zapleaf Why is there so much emphasis on the "H?"

/watch?v=lich59xsjik&feature=r­elated

Stewie: Cool wHip.

[waysworth]

Seems that TED, on occasion has a lapse in good judgment in choices of its guests: sometimes it value of the talk, sometimes character of the guest, and sometimes both. Come on TED, I've recommended a lot of people to go o this site for intellectually stimulating talks by extraordinary speakers, please don't make me look a fool.

[Mrmoc7]

Relax assholes. This is a bit more interesting than an advertisement don't you think? 

[armedturtle]

@Mrmoc7

lol always finding an apple in a potato sack arent we?

[Mrmoc7]

@armedturtle

Always making false analogies aren't we?

[armedturtle]

@Mrmoc7

well i could have played on the fact that you said "relax assholes." as a declarative sentence. but i agreed with your second statement.

[PSUrox26]

I question how well the sections show the actual cooking of the food...but the book is epic and, if I were to buy any book for over $600, this would be the one.

[Kibutztv]

TEDspamtalks

[SirTubelot]

I was patiently watching the advertisement for some cookbook while waiting for the actual TED talk to begin, but there was none!

[sholio]

yes, a picture of a cross-section is automatically scientific.

[TheCriticalTwins]

Loved this talk!

[OregonCoastGhost]

The "D" in TED stands for DESIGN people. Chill...

[BluBeep]

TED turns to marketing hamburger books. Hmm

[ashish714]

Not TED-worthy.

[techn0scho0lbus]

This is an ad for a book...

[axelasdf]

This guy ever watch Good Eats?

[corbinspired]

Maybe I'm getting spoiled by all the other great TED talks... but this was weak. I didn't learn a thing beyond the fact that this guy made a nerdy cook book.

[ratholin]

great now I've gotta steal a book. Thanks TED.

[qttytn]

Is this a fucking joke? TED = shopping channel?

[happyrandom27]

cool whip

[xjustamem0ryx]

HHHWIP IT GUD.

[MrJaiLeeworthy]

I love the one guy who laughed when he said "we don't use photoshop, we have a machine shop"

[CraigusMalaigus]

Misleading title is misleading.

[Roenazarrek]

I can't shake the feeling that this guy wants me to buy his cookbook...

[TheStockAim]

Id punch this guy if he were in my college

[sriyash260]

oh ya now i get it. Stream broccoli.

[Khyrid]

W-hhhiiii_ile W-hhhh-y Lay off the H's dude.

[DeePhlat]

and if you act now, I'll throw in a dicktowel, an $80 value, yours free

[ionz75]

My kind of cooking.

[andresico2]

um, so these techniques are found in plenty of books and online journals.

Harvard has a molecular gastronomy cooking class that actually was taught by Ferrán Adriá himself.

[leonidasx666]

Science that makes me hungry... lol

[KaerFyzarc]

at the end I was expecting him to say "And under your seats there's a copy for each and every one of you!!" but then I remembered this isn't Oprah.

[nikanj]

Haha great idea.

Any word on Dan Ariely's cook book?

[salahhe]

i wonder how many vids they made before they got the perfect corn pop

[dookiecheez]

Wasn't this posted like 3 months ago?

[DurexDurpaneu2]

And there goes one of my ideas... Fuck.

[Kaizen28]

Just because Mr Myhrvold has discovered how to cook using liquid nitrogen and a water bath (sous-vide) does not make him an authority on the subject. Do get back to us Nathan after you've cooked for paying customers day after day in a restaurant.

The likes of Blumenthal have been doing this for years but clearly don't have the ego or media machine to elevate themselves to TED status. How very, very disappointing.

[SmartestViking]

I didn't see the name of the book, so to me this was not an andvertisement.

[mnags57]

Cut my food in half??? How the heck am I supposed to get jacked doing that?

[silencedfable]

@mnags57 Probably much easier to get robbed if you are underweight and frail.

[BMGrid]

A 10 minute ad for a £240 cook book. Hhhway to go TED!

[insanecaine]

Self promotion - sickening.

[sdfgsdfghjkl]

hahahahahaa yea right. "blah blah blah, buy this shit, peace nigga."

[Ramsez]

so, a 500$ cookbook.

[jackgvogel]

$469 cook book? Nooooo thanks.



[evilresidence4]

0:53 HWHY

[margittarget]

I mean 7:21

[margittarget]

7:22 horange

[margittarget]

hwattage

[kontekzt]

i want that book

[rangusroung]

HHHHWHHISSKEY

[LAnonHubbard]

I did dislike that it was advertising a book, but he made up for it with his love of science and will to educate the masses a bit more. LOL @ the partial differential equations in a cookbook!

[cheesenuggett]

lame

[gulllars]

Nathan Myhrvold is one of my inspirations, a contemporary true polymath. And his lab, Intellectual Ventures, is an awesome institution.

[missbutter81]

Did I just spend 10 minutes watching an infomercial?

[damarh]

CoolHwip!

[Pyromanio76]

modernist cuisine it is



[SkepticalBastard]

Get some fkn standards TED, lest you become worthless

[Amaglev]

Uh, TED? Some talks are great; this is not valuable.

[theOlie]

i feel like i'm watching an ad

[xjustamem0ryx]

and here I thought this was about cutting food consumption in a gluttonous world lol.

food: science you can eat!

[alghq]

little too close to selling stuff

[cpsutcliffe]

Cool wHip

[Mallaclllypse]

it seems like TED is running out of steam...

[porkypine1888]

O.o i wanna buy one now >.>

[steampunkerella]

anyone else feel like this guy is doing an adult show and tell

[kckong3]

@steampunkerella snake oil LOL

[danielmartinex]

Awesome!! where do i get this book in Australia??

[saeute]

I thought TED was all about Ideas and not about selling books

[Joerexia]

@saeute Yeah, we all know those two things are mutually exclusive.

[iwanttodanceallnight]

STOP WITH THE H'S THEY ARE SILENCE

[enriqueDFTL]

I want to read that cookbook for the science! =)

[Mozza314]

This video has a very bad title. I didn't find the idea of eating half as much food particularly inviting. I'm glad that wasn't what it actually meant.

[muetter]

Alton Brown has competition...

[clearmenser]

Gorgeous!

[P00P0STER0US]

I was waiting for the big finish when he'd cut a chef in half :(

Oh well, it was interesting anyway.

[TVWriterGuy]

Woe.....turn DOWN the intro audio!

[neoterrar]

Get your book, only $625.00! a real bargain!!!

[cmd2tuts]

GWHY THIS GWHY THAT, I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!

[GrimSoul66]

Lame.. sorry I've got to be that guy.

[AzjatyckiCukier]

I miss TedTalks that were about inspiration, not authors doing advertorials for their books :|

[Nyxion95]

Is this an ad for a book?

[bizzare10]

Cool Hwhip

[bakkerrich1979]

TED is running out of ideas. I know, lets get the guy that cuts shit in half.

[961kgb]

when i first read the title i though it was some sort of way to help you eat less. although cutting everything in your kitchen in half does help achieve this goal, i don't think it's very effective.

[kurydebarcelona]

after seeing one guy teaching how to tight shoes, and other guy selling ninenteen centurys colonies in modern day Honduras and coling a coup d'estat lands lide elections, all this in TED, well, a guy cuting cookers seems about as coherent as you can get

[un2mensch]

I want to hear this guy say "cool whip"

[Xakryn]

@un2mensch I want to hear him say Wil Wheaton

[ExclusiveManual]

@un2mensch It should sound like "cool who-whip", also, who-what, who-when, who-where, who-why, and who-who? Formula: Who-wh+*

[MobRulesNow]

@un2mensch OMG, I was thinking the same thing!! xD

[lukostello]

should have been called: "I cut things in half for the science of cooking"

[Vortex42]

I hwonder hwhy whe keeps putting an H in front of every hword that starts hwith W.

[Vortex42]

@Vortex42 I've also got to hwonder hwhat's so special about the hword WATT, that it doesn't require him to put an H in front of it. It's a whorrific hwierd approach to hwords. A bit of a hwaste if you hwhere to ask me.

[wonderlandcharlie]

he says "hwy" like stewie says "hweels" hahaha

[isthissnfree]

is it just me or was this a 10-minute ad for some guy's book

[Suertsje]

Want the book!

[Fuzzy192006]

A lot of mocking about to produce some photos that are neither very illuminating, nor visually interesting.

[PardoDub]

I just watched a 10 minute long advert.....

[GeracaodeValor]

Great!

[guerratronz]

he is speaking correctly!

[elpresidio]

I wonder if he patents all his recipes so that every time you use his recipes you have to pay licencing fees. I'm sure many of you know what I'm talking about if you know the history of Nathan Myhrvold. If you don't then Google "Nathan Myhrvold Intellectual Ventures patent troll"

[McPrfctday]

<-Was going to go to amazon to put a few copies in my basket for Christmas presents. But I saw the comment that said it was 400 Euros. That's way out of my range. Will have to wait a few years for reprints. (Why do people keep taking the micky out of the way he talks? He's very articulate)

[DonDuracell]

That book costs over 400 €!

[aarondkeogh]

This guy is an English grammer pro

[BenFosterism]

please don't walk about food sir... Just cook it for me

[abrapocus]

oh settle down ppl, i know tons of old ppl who talk like that

[THECOMMENTER10000]

Hhhwhy is he talking like that?

[Jotto999]

Cool!

[cozzy3002]

What about cool hwhip?

[cgbaltar]

nerd cooking

[GeoffEberle]

great advert :/

[shiftplusone80]

9:39 what's up with the text? O_o

[shiftplusone80]

I think he's name is actually Myrhold, but everyone just writes it how he pronounces it.