Print out your dinner
November 5, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, New Products
Of all the things printers have been used for, here’s one you may not have considered:
Printing food.
Chef Homaro Cantu of Chicago’s Moto Restaurant uses a printer know as the “food replicator” to create samples of his dishes, emulating everything from birthday cake to sushi.
The restaurant’s menus are printed on edible paper made from soybean and potato starch, while the “inks” are made from carrot, tomato and other juices.
Possibly the weirdest part: Cantu says he’s using a standard inkject printer to produce the menus. However, he won’t reveal how the device has been modified to create an edible printout.
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Tags: edible paper, Homaro Cantu, Moto

January 13th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Honey,
Can you print me some food like this?
I’m hungry!
Love you,
Scott