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About this episode

Nina Simonds and Dr. Eric Rimm visit a Chinese restaurant and reveal how you can order a delicious and healthy meal.The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) came out with a recent report in their Nutrition Action Healthletter on food from Chinese restaurants.Nina and Eric describe how to order menu items that are steamed with sauce on the side, brown rice instead of white, and explain how you can order items that are not on the menu.Nina and Eric bring the USDA food pyramid to life. Dr. Eric Rimm is an Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.Restaurant:CK ShanghaiSteve's Technical Notes:This episode was filmed entirely on a Nokia N95. It was edited together with Final Cut Pro and compressed from .mp4 to 320x240 H.260 .mov using Apple's Compressor. The food was amazing and I loved the steamed asparagus with mushrooms.

• Category

  Food & Drink

• Release Date

  Apr 13, 2007

• Runtime

  21:21