The inventor of the bottomless bowl of soup, having assumed a position of power in Washington, DC, is now doing a regular series of podcasts.
2007 Ig Nobel Nutrition Prize winner Brian Wansink (he won the prize for his experiments using the bottomless soup bowl) was recently appointed executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Wansink began his new duties with the new year, which he marked by appearing in his first podcast.
Wansink’s book Mindless Eating describes many of his experiments with soup, candy and other gustatory treats. Our reviewer pointed out that, among other good things, it may be the best diet book ever written (even though its publisher never markets it as a diet book).
