Food Technology
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Science
Food is marketed as ‘wholesome’, ‘farm fresh’, and ‘all natural’, but there’s a whole lot more going on in that can of Pringles than plain fried potatoes. Of all technologies, food technology does the best job of wrapping futuristic advancements in a veneer of old nature. Fake flavors become natural, while “fresh” food lasts for years. But don’t be deceived: bread comes from a can, eggs come from a tube, and everything else comes from the lab. With the development of molecular gastronomy and 3D printers, gastronomes have even taken industrial food science and turned it into an art.
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Digital Gastronomy
De voedselprinter lijkt een van die glanzende concepten te zijn die steeds weer opduiken in de fantasie van technoliefhebbers. Enkele ...
Egg Sausage
Onze voedselproductie is veel technologischer dan we doorgaans beseffen. Mijn excuses voor het verstoren van je trance; ik realiseer me ...
Food Design in the 21th Century
De oude natuur voorzag ons van een grote verscheidenheid aan voedsel: verse melk knapperige groenten voedzaam vlees. Toch is dit ...









