Chef José Andrés vs. Jonathan Gold In A Molecular Gastronomy Battle Royale: Who's The Victor? from Huffington Post, The - Blog by The Huffington Post News Editors

Chef José Andrés, who has voiced his objection to the term before, has now confronted Pulitzer Prize-winning LA Weekly food critic Jonathan Gold over Twitter in a days-long back-and-forth. Jonathan Gold used the term "molecular gastronomy" five days ago on Twitter to describe what Scott Conant's well-regarded spaghetti and tomato sauce was not. The shot across the bow from Chef Andrés: "With all due respect, No one cooks molecular, writers and critics write molecular, Mr. Gold!" José Andrés has been needling Gold fairly aggressively since then to disabuse him and other food writers and critics from using this loaded culinary term, and Gold is standing firmly by the term.

Read the full HuffPo piece here. See also: Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles, EAT: Los Angeles: The Food Lover's Guide to Los Angeles (Eat Los Angeles: The Food Lovers Guide to Los Angeles), Investing in Gold: The Essential Safe Haven Investment for Every Portfolio

Keith Olbermann's New Book: WIN A Free, Signed Copy Huffington Post - ‎13 hours ago‎

Feeling lonely without Keith Olbermann? The MSNBC star anchor was suspended indefinitely on Friday after his political contributions to three Democratic candidates were made public. While there's been much talk of Olbermann's future -- guest host Thomas Roberts said he was "looking forward to Keith's return," and fellow host Rachel Maddow voiced her support on-air -- fans of the sidelined anchor have expressed discontent. "I don't care how this is resolved," wrote one commenter, "I want him back on the air." Olbermann has made available seven free, signed copies of his new book, Pitchforks and Torches, to HuffPost Media readers.

Read the post here. See also: The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders, Truth and Consequences: Special Comments on the Bush Administration's War on American Values

Is the Tea Party Movement Like a Pyramid Scheme? from The Huffington Post by The Huffington Post News Editors

There's a book Mark Meckler likes to recommend to reporters and others seeking insight into the tea party juggernaut. Called The Starfish and the Spider, it explores the "unstoppable power" of decentralized and leaderless organizations. "We're like the starfish," Meckler, a national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, said earlier this year. "There is no head, there is no leader of the organization. There are thousands of starfish out there and they are self-replicating in that way." It's certainly an inspiring metaphor. If one tentacle is chopped off, the starfish grows a new one, making it a model of resilience. Yet there's another type of organization that's resilient, decentralized, and reminiscent of the Tea Party Patriots, a national umbrella organization that claims to represent 15 million activists and 2800 local affiliates. You can find it in companies like Amway, Herbalife, and others that rely on what's known as multilevel marketing (MLM), a business model some consider to be nothing but a pyramid scheme.

Don't forget Al-Qaeda. Read the full HuffPo blurb here.

Book banning still prevalent in the U.S. from Signal & Urbanite RSS

According to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, there have been 11,000 challenges since 1990 and three out of four of these challenges were aimed at schools or school libraries. In 2009 alone, 460 challenges were reported.
Though this may not seem like such a large number, considering the infinite amount of books and resources in the world, no one should be able to choose what is appropriate to read and what is not.
Understandably, some parents would want to censor the material their children would read, since it could lead to many untrained thoughts.
Plus, on many occasions, parents may not realize what exactly their child is reading. They would assume that it's fine since reading is scholarly and they would think nothing about the possibility of any hidden outrageous content.

Who cites the Huffington Post? Anyway, check out the GS University piece here. See also: You Can't Read This!: Why Books Get Banned (Pop Culture Revolutions), BANNED! An Anthology of Banned Books (14 books), Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries Revised and Expanded Edition

HuffPost Sanity Bus Official Sign-Up Form from Huffington Post, The - Blog by The Huffington Post News Editors

As Arianna promised on the Daily Show, the Huffington Post will be providing round-trip transportation from New York to Washington for all those who need a ride to Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity on Saturday, October 30th in D.C.. The buses will leave New York early Saturday morning and return late Saturday night. Specific details on the exact departure time and location of the HuffPost Sanity Buses will be sent by October 20th. Below is the official sign-up form. Before filling out the form, please read the essential info about the HuffPost Sanity Bus, and our legal liability waiver. Signing the form and checking the legal waiver box will reserve you a seat on the HuffPost Sanity Bus. Please read the following carefully [...]

See that official form here. See you on the Sanity Bus!

David Helfenbein: How Malcolm Gladwell Misses the Mark in His Recent New Yorker Piece on Social Revolution from The Huffington Post Blog by David Helfenbein

When Malcolm Gladwell spoke at my alma mater during the first week of classes a number of years ago, I believed in him because I thought he believed in the future generations. After reading his latest piece, I'm not so certain that he does anymore.

Read the full Huffington Post, *post* here. Of course the bloggers out there are going to come out in droves. It's kind of a debate that's going on. You're getting all sorts of reactions to this. Check this Guardian piece out, out just a bit ago. And here's the Malcolm Gladwell piece on The New Yorker started it all: "Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted". See also: Outliers: The Story of Success, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Frankfurt Expects New Martin Amis, David Bowie, Eoin Colfer And Orhan Pamuk from Huffington Post, The - Blog by The Huffington Post News Editors

Agents are heading off to this year's book fair with a host of titles from the likes of Martin Amis, Eoin Colfer and David Bowie. In the second of The Bookseller's Frankfurt previews, literary agencies reveal their in-demand titles.

Read the full Huffington Post story here. And the original story, from Bookseller.com is here. See also: Money: A Suicide Note (Penguin Ink), London Fields, The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, Book 7), And Another Thing...

Beck: I'm Not The Leader Of The Tea Party (VIDEO) from Huffington Post, The - Blog by The Huffington Post News Editors

On Friday's "O'Reilly Factor," Glenn Beck argued with Bill O'Reilly over whether he was the "leader" of the Tea Party movement. In O'Reilly's upcoming book, Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama, he says the Tea Party is "led by Fox News commentator and radio talk show host Glenn Beck." Beck took exception to that characterization, telling O'Reilly, "I'm not leading [the Tea Party]."

"Pinheads" is in that title. For that alone, we're looking it up. We're citing HuffPo BTW. See also: The Overton Window, Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government, Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

Damien Hoffman: 6 Ways to Avoid Black Swans from Huffington Post, The - Blog by Damien Hoffman

Can we avoid black swans? Ken Posner -- veteran Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) securities analyst and author of the book Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision-Making in a World of Extreme Volatility-- says, "Yes." Posner states, "Volatility results from market economies, global capital flows, and information technologies and is necessary for innovation and progress. Rather than wishing volatility away, we need to design a financial system that is more robust in the face of extreme volatility, and refine decision-making techniques to account for the risk of Black Swan events."

Read the full post here.

Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Mika Brzezinski On 'All Things At Once' (VIDEO) from Huffington Post, The - Blog by The Huffington Post News Editors

Stephen Colbert spoke with Mika Brzezinski from Morning Joe last night about her new book, "All Things at Once." She explained to Stephen how she struggled for a long time trying to be the perfect correspondent, mother, and wife all at once, and how it just didn't work. Brzezinski explained: I wasn't doing anything right because I was trying to do everything too much. She and Stephen also discussed why she chose not to remain "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen," as Colbert suggested she should have.

What the HuffPo posted video here.

Marianne Schnall: Jane Fonda on Joining the Blogosphere from The Huffington Post Blog by Marianne Schnall

In her memoir, My Life So Far (Random House, 2005), Jane Fonda reveals how it wasn't until age 60, after many life lessons in what she calls her "third act," that she felt she discovered her voice. Now that she has it, she is determined to find meaningful ways to use it, through the many channels that she finds opening up to her. Ironically, Fonda was in the process of writing her next book on aging for Random House, when playwright Moises Kaufman sent her the script for a play called 33 Variations. Fonda had just been writing about how many renowned artists like Matisse and Beethoven did some of their best work later in life, and the part Kaufman was offering to her was an American musicologist who becomes obsessed with why Beethoven, in his later years, was driven to write 33 variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli. Fonda, who loved the script, took it as a sign, and returned to Broadway after 46 years to star in the play, currently performing to rave reviews and standing ovations.

Read the full HuffPo post here.