Drawing: Chemistry and Cocktails at miSci
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In honor of National Mole Day -- October 23, of course -- miSci is hosting a "Chemistry and Cocktails" event at the museum. Blurbage for the evening:
Enjoy a night of mixology and molecular gastronomy with specialty drinks, food science, live music, interactive exhibits, planetarium shows & more!
Sip a special "Mole"ito in honor of National Mole Day (10/23), which commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 1023), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
Sample molecular gastronomic treats as you explore the science of food by Chef Stamets and the SCCC Culinary Arts Students:
+ Cheese Board with CO2-infused Fruit
+ Shrimp Cocktail with Pipettes of Cocktail Sauce
+ Caesar Salad Foam
+ Tomato Mozzarella Salad with Basil Oil Powder and Balsamic Pearls
+ Butternut Squash Soup in Test Tubes
+ Sous Vide Pork Loin, Goat Cheese Pokenta Cakes, Apple Cider, Mustard Jus
+ Ice Cream Station: Liquid Nitrogen, Nutella and Peanut Butter Powder
We have two tickets for the event and we're giving them away. Maybe to you. To enter, please answer this question in the comments:
What's the food of the future?
This could be anything. (Maybe it helps you think of it as... the future.) Freeze-dried bacon ice cream. Kale-flavored Tang. Self-tending farms in each backyard. Whatever. We'll draw one winner at random.
Tickets for Chemistry and Cocktails at miSci are $35 ahead / $40 at the door. It's from 6-8 pm. And it's a 21-and-over event.
Important: All comments must be submitted by 10 pm on Monday, October 20, 2014 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by midnight that day and must respond by noon on Tuesday, October 21.
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At the risk of sounding a bit pompous, I think the food of the future will actually take us backward - wholesome organic foods. Instead of chemicals, I think people will strive for health. One can dream!
... said AS on Oct 17, 2014 at 2:42 PM | link
soylent. obviously.
http://www.soylent.me/
... said ed on Oct 17, 2014 at 2:47 PM | link
The food of the future is where scientist discover how to take the nutritional makeup necessary for *perfect* nutrition and rearrange it into pizza. Or ice cream.
... said HM on Oct 17, 2014 at 2:52 PM | link
If Dippin Dots was to be believed, the future was tiny pellet like balls of ice cream (and the future was 10 years ago).
If it were up to me, the food of the future would be calorie free pizza.
... said Trish on Oct 17, 2014 at 2:55 PM | link
Have you seen The Matrix move? The food of the future is some sort of porridge looking mixture that has all the essential building blocks of life in it. Supposedly tastes like Tasty Wheat...
... said Jeff M on Oct 17, 2014 at 2:59 PM | link
Oh man, I really want to go to this!!
Dippin' Dots was supposed to be the ice cream of the future, and it totally was on the right track with it's light, airy, fun-to-eat texture. However, I think if they could have also made Dippin' Dots be "healthier" than regular ice cream, then they would have nailed it. So maybe we'll have ice cream made primarily from some version of better cool whip and carrots or something...but it will still taste really good.
But seriously, I hope the food of the future is the path we're on now...stuff from local farms that tastes better and doesn't leave you questioning what you're eating.
... said Katie on Oct 17, 2014 at 3:01 PM | link
Soylent Green!
Hopefully, they figure out how to get the people out of it...
Also, not to be pedantic, but... 10 to the 23 (10^23) not 1023... :) I know you probably meant to type that. =D
Editors: Yep, something got dropped during copying/pasting (or something).
... said Andy on Oct 17, 2014 at 3:05 PM | link
Seems like we're moving more and more toward "ready made" and "to go" food. Food of the future might be all pre-packaged - hopefully not though!
... said Laura on Oct 17, 2014 at 3:08 PM | link
Easy! Dippin' Dots: The Ice Cream of the FUTURE.
... said Emily on Oct 17, 2014 at 3:11 PM | link
Potatoes! Easy to grow, good nutrition, and delicious.
... said Sarah on Oct 17, 2014 at 3:31 PM | link
Soylent or just food pills
... said Eric McDonough on Oct 17, 2014 at 3:53 PM | link
Human flesh. We'll all be zombies.
... said Ron on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:13 PM | link
Organic and naturally cross-pollinated fruits and vegetables, like Jackson on Gilmore Girls. Zucchini tushes and raspberries crossed with kumquats. Clearly, I have been enjoying Netflix's newest release.
... said Sabre on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:13 PM | link
None. Robot bodies all the way.
... said -S on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:23 PM | link
I'm hoping it'll involve the Hydrator from Back to the Future. Considering they had it by 2015, I imagine it will be rolling out soon. A tiny, dehydrated pizza that's hot and ready (and regular sized) in 2 seconds? Yes, please.
... said Moira on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:28 PM | link
Pills that contain all our necessary nutrition in one swallow.
... said Jackers on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM | link
I think of the food of the future just like it is on Star Trek, where you just ask for it from the console and the replicator just synthesizes it.
... said Louise on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:47 PM | link
The food of the future is fresh meat, eggs and produce grown at each home or municipality's small-scale biodynamic farm.
... said Mike on Oct 17, 2014 at 5:05 PM | link
Cheese. Everything cheese!
... said Heather on Oct 17, 2014 at 5:06 PM | link
Food that simultaneously cooks and enlarges in seconds, like in Back to the Future II.
... said Dan on Oct 17, 2014 at 5:09 PM | link
fruits crossed with herbs in the laboratory (like cinnamon/pear or melon/mint)
... said Charlotte on Oct 17, 2014 at 7:44 PM | link
Freeze dried kiwi compote.
... said JLD on Oct 17, 2014 at 8:10 PM | link
I think food of the future will include terms like "deconstructed", "molecular", "lab made".... Basically food in forms unthinkable.
... said Vicky on Oct 17, 2014 at 9:09 PM | link
bacon donut bacon
... said Brian on Oct 17, 2014 at 10:34 PM | link
My guess is antenna-to-ovipositor eating (widespread entomophagy)
... said Adam on Oct 18, 2014 at 4:55 AM | link
Anything that is not processed.
... said Becky on Oct 18, 2014 at 5:48 PM | link
It's already here! Lab-grown meat. This way you don't have to kill the animal, just take a sample of their cells, clone their muscle, allow the muscle to grow and then regularly shock them so they contract and get that nice "meaty" texture.
So much more humane!!!
... said Lisa on Oct 19, 2014 at 11:14 AM | link
...Unless they were lying -- Dippin Dots
... said mo on Oct 20, 2014 at 10:33 AM | link
3D-printed edibles
... said Nina Lee on Oct 20, 2014 at 11:31 AM | link
Pizza
... said Kate on Oct 20, 2014 at 12:06 PM | link
The food of the future will be mostly the same, but we'll have gut microbiota tailored to make health use of it.
... said Rick on Oct 20, 2014 at 2:55 PM | link
Fresh green juice!
... said Anne on Oct 20, 2014 at 4:21 PM | link
Little Chocolate Donuts. They taste good, and they've got the sugar I need to get me going in the morning.
... said Big 'Vic' Proton on Oct 20, 2014 at 7:07 PM | link
Oh god, I hope it's 3D-printed pizza!! But it'll probably be like crickets or something...
... said ec on Oct 20, 2014 at 7:24 PM | link
Personal organic gardens, people will be less dependent on society for food.
... said Anna on Oct 20, 2014 at 7:36 PM | link
Whatever is local to the place you are living.
... said MargieC on Oct 20, 2014 at 8:48 PM | link
Anything on a stick. People will eat anything that comes on a stick.
... said Jeff D on Oct 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM | link