Name: Cooking as alchemy
Uploaded: 2011-12-15T16:27:09Z
Duration: 9 min 17 s
Description: Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor-tripping, there's a serious intent: Can we use new food technology for good?

Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor-tripping, there's a serious intent: Can we use new food technology for good?

Cooking as alchemy

Pushing the boundaries of cuisine, chefs have turned carrot cake into floating edible spheres and made nachos out of desserts. By reimagining ingredients and using technology like liquid nitrogen and printed food, familiar dishes take on entirely new forms and flavors. They even crafted a bleeding veggie burger from beets, barley, and corn, proving meat can be mimicked from plants. These wild innovations reveal how playful creativity in the kitchen could also solve urgent challenges in sustainability and nutrition.