Cathy Bao Bean 包圭漪 , author of The Chopsticks-Fork Principle, A Memoir and Manual, is a daughter, mother, wife, friend, sister, aerobics instructor, business manager, and board member of the Claremont Graduate University School of the Arts and Humanities, the NJ Council for the Humanities and Society for Values in Higher Education.  In a previous incarnation, she was a philosophy teacher, cook, student, carpool driver as well as founding member of the Ridge and Valley Conservancy.

In the process, she has been learning how to make the "foreign" more familiar and the ordinary and extraordinary into each other.

None of it has been painless.  All of it has been fun, except the cooking.

Articles and Reviews on the Web

• Epoch Times article (in Chinese)

• Daijuan.com article (in Chinese)

To read an excerpt from The Chopsticks-Fork Principle printed in the Asians in America Magazine, please click here.

 To listen to an excerpt of a talk Cathy gave at the 2008 NJ Governor's Conference for Women, please click here.

Click here to read the Wikipedia article about Cathy Bao Bean.

Cathy's husband, renowned artist Bennett Bean, has donated one of his pit-fired, painted, gilded earthenware vessels to the New Jersey Council for the Humanities' Award Program raffle, which will take place on October 21.

The Bao Bean Home Featured in Kendra Langeteig's
The New Asian Home

Cathy and Bennett Bao Bean's home is featured in the newly published book The New Asian Home by Kendra Langeteig.

On June 6, 2009, the Museum of Arts & Design hosted a reception in honor of Bennett Bean's and Elizabeth Rand's Limited Edition Rug Series, which the Museum of Arts & Design commissioned to commemorate MAD's inaugural year at its new New York City location at Columbus Circle. The 9 for '09 Limited Edition Rug Series is on view in MAD's museum store and on its web site.

 Monday Morning Radio - All Week Long!
Tune in online to Balancing Act for Women every Monday morning from 10 am to 11 am (EST) for The Balancing Act for Women featuring Cathy and Lee Bender as co-hosts. This live radio show, now hosted on BlogTalkRadio, focuses on women who are performing a multi-task “balancing act.” Programs will also be archived online and will be downloadable, so you can listen to them whenever you want! For additional programs and personalities, see co-host Lee Bender’s site Mommies Line.  Each week we feature guest experts.

Programs, Workshops, and Book Signings

 As philosopher, writer, and educational consultant, Cathy Bao Bean has presented a wide range of programs throughout the United States.

Cathy welcomes the opportunity to speak at libraries, book stores, schools, and other organizations. To contact the author for personal appearances, please call : 908-852-7426 or submit a request by email.