Waiter, there’s a menu in my soup…
… oh… the menu is my soup?
“We can create any sort of flavor on a printed image that we set our minds to,” Mr. Cantu said. “What does M. C. Escher’s ‘Relativity’ painting taste like? That’s where we go next.”
“Mr. Cantu is experimenting with liquid nitrogen, helium and superconductors to make foods levitate. And while many chefs speak of buying new ovens or refrigerators, he wants to invest in a three-dimensional printer to make physical prototypes of his inventions, which he now painstakingly builds by hand. The 3-D printer could function as a cooking device, creating silicone molds for pill-sized dishes flavored, say, like watermelon, bacon and eggs or even beef Bourguignon, he said, and he could also make edible molds out of cornstarch.
He also plans to buy a class IV laser to create dishes that are “impossible through conventional means.”
Liquid nitrogen ice cream is one thing, but laser-seared pictures of steak instead of the real thing? No thanks…
