Aha Moment Maker: Julia Child Flubs the Flip

by Your friends at OIC on November 23, 2013

BOSTON, 1963—On an episode of “The French Chef,” Julia Child spoke to the fact that flipping food items in a pan requires courage in one’s convictions. She set the stage perfectly for what would happen next.

That day, she was demonstrating a lesson in how to make potato pancakes. Just as she was deftly performing the outward-and-back motion necessary to flip a pancake, clumps of the potato mixture missed the pan and plopped onto the counter. Read more...

Your friends at OIC Comments

Your Own Aha Moments

Nov

Aha Moment Maker: Inspired by a Wooly Gift

by Your friends at OIC on November 16, 2013

TEMUCO, CHILE, 1913—A young Pablo Neruda was playing in his backyard when a small boy’s hand suddenly poked through a hole in the wooden fence and deposited a well-worn toy sheep. Neruda was instantly moved, and reciprocated the gesture with his treasured pine cone. He never saw the boy, or even the boy’s hand again, but cherished the toy lamb until it was lost in a fire.

When the famous Chilean poet and activist later recounted the incident in numerous interviews, he credited the mysterious exchange with inspiring his world view of unity and connectedness, and also stated that it was responsible for “giving my poetry light.” Read more...

Your friends at OIC Comments

Your Own Aha Moments

Nov

Aha Moment Maker: A Smashing Wedding Cake

by Your friends at OIC on November 9, 2013

LONDON, 1840—The royal wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert featured an elaborate, multi-tiered wedding cake, measuring almost nine feet in circumference. The pure white sugar frosting, that became known as “royal icing,” was not only a symbol of purity, but of status as well, since refined sugar at that time was a luxury item.

The entire event set the style of the modern wedding. And wedding cake design has gone on from there to become an art form in itself. Read more...

Your friends at OIC Comments

Your Own Aha Moments

World Views:

Topics

Category Archives: Discoveries

Aha Moment Maker: Julia Child Flubs the Flip

Aha Moment Maker: Inspired by a Wooly Gift

Aha Moment Maker: A Smashing Wedding Cake