Mindless eating
With so much going on before our production even began (including wild winter weather), I’m not sure where to begin with this shoot!
The initial plan was to head straight to Ithaca, NY, to speak to Dr. Brian Wansink about his research relating to the psychology of how and why we eat. (We hoped to gather enough tips before making it back for dinner!). However, winter travel turned out to be especially dicey on the East Coast, and our first attempt to get to Ithaca during a blizzard failed. All flights were cancelled so the shoot had to be postponed a week and a half. To no surprise, another East Coast snowstorm rolled in. The result: four of my flights were cancelled in a matter of 24 hours. The idea of camping out at the airport was fun when I was a child, but not so much in my adult years. Thankfully, my producer made the best out of the situation, sending me funny videos of him driving in the snow to pick me up from Binghamton, NY. But those videos came after my flights to Ithaca and Syracuse were cancelled. In the end, I made it to Ithaca safely and it was time for us to get to work. Oddly enough I had no idea what work I had just signed up for.
Video & article: Mindless eating
