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The Future. Next year’s culinary trends may rearrange how and where people spend their money and fill their stomaches. Whether or not any of them stay on the plate in 2025 is a question of cultural taste. But the winner could create new mainstream snack brands, start fresh taste movements, and elevate a new generation […]
The Future. Despite 2023 turning out to be the hottest year on record, farmers have been able to maintain production — for now. As the global average temperature is expected to rise, extreme weather could burn or drown more of our food supply, raising the prices of what’s on our plates as a result. Making […]
The Future. Chipotle is testing an automated kitchen-line system developed by startup Hyphen to help speed up the creation of burrito bowls — another experiment in the food industry to see how robotics and AI can make fast food more efficient. The system is slated to join Chipotle’s 3,250 locations sometime in the next 12 […]
Starbucks has a latte problem
The scoop on Michelin stars
Erewhon’s culture splash
TikTok takes over the kitchen
The Future. Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, the most popular YouTuber on the planet, is suing Virtual Dining Concepts (VDC), the ghost kitchen behind his MrBeast Burgers, because, well, they’re apparently “disgusting” and unsanitary. That’s quite the 180 from the vibe of his triumphant brick-and-mortar opening at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey. But the […]
Noma reinvents its kitchen
Delivery-only, non-physical restaurants are disappearing.