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Food Genius launches dish rating site supporting charity to end hunger
Chicago, Illinois, USA – March 1, 2012 – Food Genius, a Chicago based food data analytics company, today announced the launch of FoodGenero.us. Described as a “Hot-or-Not” of restaurant dishes, FoodGenero.us is a website that allows users to rate dishes from its database of menus. Food Genius will donate money to Feeding America based on [...]
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Burritos and the Next Steve Jobs, Innovative Food Companies, and a Chef Testing Ground: Food Genius Weekly Roundup
Chipotle: The Next Apple? Slate writer Matthew Yglesias makes the bold claim that Chipotle Founder Steve Ells is the food industry’s answer to Steve Jobs. Why? Chipotle is a solid financial performer in a faltering economy (Chipotle stock is up 50 percent on the year and over 500 percent over five years) and also innovates [...]
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Secrets of Cookbook Recipes, Food and Tech and TEDx, Pop-up Restaurants and More: Food Genius Weekly Roundup
The Art and Science of Cookbook Recipes Veteran cookbook author Rozanne Gold dissects the science behind a winning cookbook recipe. Making food fantasies relatively easy to accomplish is part of the appeal, she says, topping it off with a deft use of language: From the Wall Street Journal: “The wordsmithing of recipes has captivated me [...]
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Video Game – Inspired Recipes, Fast Food Delivery, Veggie Midwesterners: Food Genius Weekly Roundup
Video Game-Inspired Cuisine Ever wonder what those mushrooms in Super Mario Bros. might actually taste like? One foodie gamer decided to riff on that idea in a food blog. Scotland-based gamer Daniella Zelli creates recipes based on video games. The World of Warcraft-inspired mincemeat fruitcake sounds particularly inspired. Check out the blog and recipes (complete [...]
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Bacon Explosions, Veggie Eating in the Midwest and Radioactive Food: Food Genius Weekly Roundup
Vegetarian Eating in the Midwest New York Times writer A.G. Sulzberger talks about the struggles of eating vegetarian in the Midwest. A recent transplant to Kansas City, Mo., Sulzberger finds eating out to be a more frustrating experience than he ever imagined. The article also illustrates the varying definitions of “meat-free” between vegetarians and non-vegetarians: [...]
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Follow Your Nose: Food Genius + IDEO Curry Crawl is here!
The Food Genius + IDEO Curry Crawl will be hitting the streets of Chicago tonight, be on the lookout From 5-8pm, a group of designers from IDEO and the Food Genius team will hop from restaurant-to-restaurant, trying out some of Chicago’s best curry dishes. Powered by the Food Genius API, the Curry-Mobile (aka Uhaul decorated [...]
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Flavor Backbones, The Cost of Eating Out, Foie Gras at Wendy’s: Food Genius Weekly Roundup
Americans Spending More At Restaurants If you find it easier to order take-out or stop by the neighborhood thai restaurant after work than cook dinner, you’re not alone. A new report released by Bank of America / Merrill Lynch states that since mid-2009, consumers have been spending more of their income on – nearly 4.5 [...]
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Cookie Food Pyramid, Underground Dining Guide, Google’s Favorite Restaurants: Food Genius Roundup
Tastiest Food Pyramid Ever We all know that baking is a science, right? Here’s a project that proves it: a cool visualization of the ingredient makeup of popular baked goods. Three Harvard researchers, mathematician Michael Brenner, computer scientist grad student Elaine Angelino and undergraduate Diana Cai, analyzed thousands of recipes for cookies, brownies, cakes and [...]
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A new direction for Food Genius
Dear friends: It’s been an amazing year for the Food Genius team, from our initial launch to our summer at Excelerate Labs to our current residency at IDEO. None of our progress would have been possible without the support and feedback from our users and members of the food and tech communities. Thank you so [...]
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Pig Trucks, Fowl Play and Whole Foods Hip Hop: Food Genius Weekly Roundup
This week’s food industry news and fun stuff to check out: The 5 Biggest Restaurant Website Blunders FoodTree looks at the 5 biggest mistakes of restaurant websites. The usual suspects make an appearance (Flash intros and autoplay music, anyone?) But considering many restaurant websites remain repeat offenders of these crimes against technology, it doesn’t hurt [...]
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