thoughts of food

Two grocery challenger brands become one.

“Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market, are merging to become Outfox Hospitality.” I was living near a Foxtrot in Wicker Park, Chicago and really appreciated it. They luckily followed me to Austin and opened right near my house and the […]

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Doritos is a software company now.

“To “help gamers keep the crunch to themselves,” Doritos is debuting what it calls “Doritos Silent.” Gamers download Doritos Crunch Cancellation software and when the technology is turned on, the software detects the crunching sounds and silences it while keeping […]

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Salty taste without the salt.

“Japanese researchers Homei Miyashita and Hiromi Nakamura received this year’s Ig Nobel Prize for nutrition on Thursday for research that led to the development of tableware that employs electric stimulation to allow users to sense salty taste strongly.” ~ learn more

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Chipotle and California’s $20 minimum wage.

“Around 15% of Chipotle’s 3,300 stores are located in California. The minimum wage increase will add between 2.5% and 3% to the company’s overall labor costs.” The article says they’ve already raised prices four times in the past to years, […]

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The science of great NYC bagels.

This NPR article says it’s not the water, it’s the process. “Traditionally, Coppedge tells The Salt, the chilled dough rings are poached or boiled in a solution of water and malt barley for anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. […]