Launching in September 2012, each cookbook will feature 15 video recipes taught by master chefs like Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill, Anita Lo of Annisa, and Nancy Silverton of Osteria Mozza.

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Gates says Yamaguchi started out as an experiment in the politics of art and race: What would happen to his pots and bowls, which weren't selling so well, if he told people they were made by the mixed-race son of a Japanese master potter who had taught his methods to the neighbors of his black Mississippi bride?

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Yielding is another concept Ms. Bravo's tai chi master, Sat Hon, taught her, and it has proved helpful in negotiating the city.

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Acupuncture and moxibustion are taught through verbal instruction and demonstration, transmitted through master-disciple relations or through members of a clan.

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Well, Susan was taught by James Baldwin when she went to get her master's at Amherst.

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While earning a master's in computer science at the University of Portland she taught undergrad Saudi men, who at first had a hard time taking her seriously, but eventually succumbed to her intellect and the fear of her red pen.

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