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gastro friday: how mobile devices affect the food world part 3: mobile meets the chef/proprietor

As seen in my first post on the eater and second post on the traveler, that little phone in your pocket has already started, and will continue to greatly shift the world of food.  But it doesn’t just impact the individual.  Mobile phones and other devices will also alter the actual dining experience and how chefs and restaurateurs manage the business of food.

Do you own a restaurant or food related establishment?  Or are you at all interested in how individuals engage with food experiences?  Then it’s incredibly important to understand how mobile can play a role from discovery to digestion for your customers. Let’s go through the experience:

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Amuse bouche: Allergy-Friendly Restaurant Website

A new website, Allergy Eats, is dedicated to making eating out easier for people who suffer from food allergies. It is a crowd-sourced tool that posts restaurants ratings based on how friendly the staff and restaurant is to allergy sufferers.

Source: October 20, 2010 Lifehacker article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Leena Eats: Kitchenette in Dogpatch, SF

Leena Eats: Kitchenette in Dogpatch, SF

The daily menu at Kitchenette.

I love that living in the Bay area means that there is literally a new food surprise around every corner…or in this case, in every loading dock. Meet Kitchenette, a food stand open Monday through Friday at a loading dock in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood.

This place’s menu changes daily, and always features locally sourced, organic, gourmet food that is surprisingly good. Like pork belly and fried oyster sandwiches, chicharones, and The Buster- a sandwich stacked with fried green tomatoes, bacon, peaches, aioli and arugula.

Kicks the crap out of McDonalds if you ask me. More food porn after the jump.

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Amuse bouche: How did the chicken cross the road? CO2 gas!

Premium chicken producers across the country are considering switching to a more humane method of killing that involves putting the chicken to sleep with a carbon dioxide gas before slaughter. Researchers claim this will yield a stress-free and tastier chicken. Currently, most chicken producers electrically stun the birds before slaughter.

Source: October 21, 2010 NY Times article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Amuse bouche: One step closer to healthy school lunches

Michelle Obama’s new program, Chefs Move to Schools, has been encouraging chefs to help out public schools with healthy school lunches, and the program is really taking hold in New York. Chefs have been helping cafeteria employees learn to cook healthier food for the students, and working with school budgets to provide the healthiest, tastiest food possible.

Source: October 22, 2010 NY Times article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!


Leena Bakes: Healthy Pumpkin Muffins with Dark Chocolate and Pistachio!

Leena Bakes: Healthy Pumpkin Muffins with Dark Chocolate and Pistachio!

Pumpkin muffins with dark chocolate that are actually healthy? A Leena Eats first!

As the weather here in Northern California slowly starts to grow colder (if you could call 55 F cold–and I do), I find myself craving those traditional, warm, spiced flavors of the winter holidays. And what could be more autumn than pumpkin?

Enter my pumpkin pie muffins with dark chocolate and pistachios. Not only is the recipe healthy (one I borrowed from Food Network’s Elie Krieger), but it tastes like something that will make you fat. The recipe and more food porn after the jump.

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Gastro Friday: How Mobile Devices Affect the Food World Part 2: Mobile Meets the Traveling Eater

Many of the things covered in my first post on the impact of Mobile devices on the eater can also be applicable for any savvy traveler.  However, there are a few key mobile utilities that play into the traveling eater’s repertoire that truly alter the experience.

When planning a trip, the internet alone has really taken food and restaurant discovery from the pens of Fodor, Frommer and Lonely Planet editors and put it into the voices of the crowds.  While the traditional sources still have great value based on quality and consistency, user reviews and feedback from a much broader range of personalities proves incredibly valuable when traveling to a place completely foreign.

Again, mobile devices provide a level of portable accessibility that takes user reviews from being helpful to revolutionizing the way people make decisions on the go.

Gastro Friday: How Mobile Devices Affect the Food World Part 2: Mobile Meets the Traveling Eater

Reviews on any web enabled phone

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Amuse Bouche: Community Supported Screams

Support your local farmers this Halloween season by visiting their haunted houses and other fall festivities, as they significantly boost the profits to make produce possible.

Source:  October 19th WSJ

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Leena Eats: Artisan Ice Cream Goodness- Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous in SF

Leena Eats: Artisan Ice Cream Goodness  Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous in SF

Just another day in Dogpatch.

Ah, Dogpatch. An up and coming hood on the southern end of San Francisco, a mix of trendy eateries and factories turned into work spaces. To be honest, I never would have stumbled upon this hood if I didn’t work in it, but I am so glad it happened.

Artisan ice cream is clearly a food trend the Bay area is obsessed with, and frankly, I have no problem with that. From Ici in Berkeley to Humphry Slocombe in the Mission, from Bi-Rite Creamery all the way to the newly opened Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous in Dogpatch, I’ve made it my personal responsibility to try them all.

Come. Drool at my food porn.

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Amuse bouche: Woman wins chili pepper eating contest

Lisa Suppan won a raw jalapeno-eating contest by wolfing down 5 raw jalapenos in 30 seconds at the 15th Chile Pepper Food Festival in Bowers, Pennsylvania. She is the first woman to ever win this contest.

Source: September 17, 2010 Reading Eagle article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Amuse bouche: Chili peppers used for pain

An analysis published in the online version of the British Medical Journal revealed that chile peppers can be turned into a topical cream and help alleviate pain for some patients suffering from “arthritis, back pain, other chronic muscle pain, or fibromyalgia”.

Source: May 2004 Health Facts

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

Amuse bouche: The origins of the chile pepper

According to the Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson, wild chile peppers were being cultivated in Mexico before 3500BC.

Source: The Food Timeline Website- Chile Peppers-Origins

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

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