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- NewsJackie Strause
It Looks Cool, But Does 3D-Printed Food Taste Any Good?
Launched by 3DSystems, the leading 3D printing and manufacturing company, the digital kitchen is the first of its kind and aims to be a trendsetter. “The easiest way to think about it is that a 3D printer takes a virtual 3D file from a computer and then builds that object really carefully, layer by layer, into a physical object,” says Kyle von Hasseln, who makes up half of the husband-and-wife team that serves as the lab’s creative directors.
- NewsLauren Salkeld for Yahoo Food
6 Apps, Gadgets, and Services for Tech Foodies to Try
The good news is that there’s a lot to be excited about, she said at the recent James Beard Foundation Food Conference: Rethinking the Future of Food, where she opened a panel called “Financing the Future.” Related: This Restaurant Serves Dinner From 2050 Gould founded Food Tech Connect in 2010, and calls it “the world’s largest community for food, tech, and innovation.” Through their web site, newsletter, events, and online and in-person courses, Food Tech Connect offers culinary innovators t
- NewsLauren Salkeld for Yahoo Food
How This Brooklyn Chef (Sort of) Embraces Technology — Just Don’t Ask About Blue Apron
Chef Evan Hanczor of Egg in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Photograph: Conor Hagen) Evan Hanczor isn’t the first chef to spring to mind in a discussion of food and technology. Egg, the Brooklyn restaurant where he’s the chef, is known for its hearty embrace of local ingredients and traditional methods. Leading up to the conference, we spoke to Hanczor about the intersection of food and technology, both at home and in restaurants. He shared his hopes and concerns surrounding culinary innovation, as w
- NewsYahoo Food Contributors
What Happens to Booze in Space? A Chat With the Space Sommelier
Over the summer Japanese company Suntory announced plans to send samples of its whiskey to the International Space Station, and recently the Scottish whiskey distillery Ardbeg released tasting notes from a vial sent up in 2011. With all that booze in microgravity, Yahoo Food decided to talk to longtime NASA food scientist Charles Bourland, who has been called a “space sommelier” in the blogosphere. Charles Bourland worked for NASA for 31 years. He developed space food and packaging for 31 yea
- NewsRachel Tepper Paley
Confused at the Grocery Store?Ingredient1 App Is Here to Help
Ingredient1 promises to help sort through the noise and determine which products you actually want, narrowing down options by dietary choice, flavor preferences, allergens, and yes, ingredients. “We’ve created a really sensible way to say, ‘I want non-GMO,’ or ‘I hate cilantro’, or ‘I don’t want high-fructose corn syrup,’ or ‘I want gluten-free,’ and then through that lens, find the best products for you,” said Ingredient1 founder Taryn Fixel, who launched the app last March. “I met the founde
- NewsYahoo Food Contributors
5 Smart Kitchen Tools to Help You Cook Up a Perfect Meal
By Alyssa Danigelis “This is the future,” Moley Robotics declared about the chef prototype it demoed earlier this year. “In truth, not everybody wants to have food made by a robot,” chef turned commercial-kitchen designer Mark Stech-Novak told Yahoo Food. “They want that culinary touch.” For 30 years, his Oakland-based firm has provided food service concepts, kitchen planning, and design services to a long list of clients. They include acclaimed French chef Éric Ripert, Momofuku founder David
- NewsYahoo Travel
How One Woman Used Twitter to Ease Her Fear of Flying
Learning about flying helped to ease this fearful fliers anxiety.(Photo: Buena Vista Images/Digital Vision/Getty Images)
