MINNEAPOLIS — Tao Organic Cafe has been holding court on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis for more than a half-century, but it never gets old for Dan Buettner.

“You’re in for a real treat,” he said while ordering two Tao bowls, each rich with beans, rice, ginger-kissed vegetables, sesame seeds and a heaping side of enthusiasm. “This is the consummate Blue Zone bowl.”

Buettner, a Minnesota native, has made a career out of spreading the Blue Zone gospel, a term he coined for areas around the world where a high percentage of the population live exceptionally long lives. The researcher, science writer and bestselling author just released his third cookbook, “The Blue Zones Kitchen: One Pot Meals.” It’s part of his quest to put into action what he’s learned from more than two decades studying B

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