A blog about food and cooking by Chris Norris
Molecular Gastronomy The latest issue of Wired arrived and what do you know, another food scientist is hard at work! Hervé This (yep, that’s his name) is generating formulas that describe the structure of food in terms of basic proteins, carbohydrates, etc. The idea is […]
Fit For A King I read in People Magazine (hey, it was laying on the counter, I gotta read it …) that Camilla’s son, Tom Parker-Bowles (yes, that Camilla, wife of Charles, future King of England) has written a book titled ‘The Year of Eating […]
Krispy Kreme … More Troubles. A few months ago I mentioned that Krispy Kreme had a new strategy to move into selling ice cream, which seemed like a pretty lame idea to me. According to the Wall Street Journal today, “Great Circle Family Foods, LLC, […]
Krispy Kreme worth what?! I’ve never understood how a donut shop can be worth billions of dollars. In the 2003-2004 timeframe, Krispy Kreme had a market valuation of over $3 Billion dollars! Today, its market cap is about $500M, which is just a bit over […]
Rice Cookers break a Grand! Apparently, high end rice cookers go for a Grand (a thousand dollars) these days. According to the Wall Street Journal, Toshiba has a rice cooker that uses pressure to increase the boiling point of the water, a vacuum to cause […]
It’s Alive! Woo-hoo! My website is born! It’s May 22nd at 1:21 AM and ItsFoodTime! Is published and online for the first time.