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  • Archive for January 7th, 2011

    Like “A Year of Living Biblically,” but With Fortune Cookies

    Friday, January 7th, 2011

    Every day for a year, a writer, Matt Kelsey, is going to follow the advice of a fortune cookie and play the lucky numbers, to see if it really will make a difference. Here is his press release, which I was fascinated by in part because it’s on the Kansas City Star website. Sort of […]

    Donate to “The Search for General Tso!” (and get on IMDb)

    Friday, January 7th, 2011

    Help bring General Tso and his chickens to a theater near you! I am co-producing a feature-length documentary on American Chinese food with the Peabody-award winning team behind King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, called “The Search for General Tso.” We think it’s a great way to bring my research to a larger audience […]