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Unfortunately for Elon Musk haters, Tesla Diner’s food is pretty good for what it is.
The Olympic gold-winning boxer became a pillar of American home cooking and ’90s diet culture by selling the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine
What you need to know about the state of the reservations systems today
The restaurant review site is adding large language model-written summaries. They probably won’t make it any better.
Chefs like Tom Colicchio are minting NFT pizzas, recipes, and even limited-edition gin bottles. But is the rest of the food world along for the ride?
At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. Just don’t think too hard about how that’d work.
QR code menus gained popularity during the pandemic. Now, operators must decide whether the tradeoffs are worth it.
This isn’t what we meant when we said workers shouldn’t experience customer abuse
The startup SquarEat makes eating more efficient by turning your favorite foods into unrecognizably pallid squares
Customers in Houston could receive their pizza via an autonomous vehicle made by Silicon Valley robotics company Nuro
Pizza Hut Canada is releasing “8-bit-style versions of Pizza Hut favorite recipes”
Plus, the 20th anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s ”Kitchen Confidential,” and other news to start the day
The iPhone 11 camera will mean a vast improvement in quality for Instagram food photos
The gig economy continues to squeeze workers to keep customers happy and prices low
A new app option allows customers to pre-order food... then eat it at the restaurant
The company says that all contracts signed by restaurant owners contain a provision about the websites
Synthetic food companies could gravely impact our health, environment, and economy, but the fact is that we’re in the dark
Blame Canada
Camera-laden appliances, voice-activated faucets: Seriously, who asked for this?
It depends on how much help you need cooking
Danny Meyer just switched his restaurants to Resy, but the original reservation service still dominates
The eerily human-sounding voice is getting smarter, but we’re still far from a world of bots calling bots
Avocados with a longer shelf life will soon be available at 30 Costco locations in the Midwest
Why one startup believes data is the future of food manufacturing
AI can communicate with a restaurant more naturally in the next Duplex update
At Spyce in Boston, preparation of grain bowls is almost completely automated
The meal replacement brand wants people to think of its product as “food”
Testing the app-connected gadget with Katie Pickens from Iron Chef
From speakers with built-in bottle openers to friendly beer-delivery robots
Pizza Hut and Toyota team up to make a self-driving delivery truck
Wow Bao is the first brand to adopt the system
Widespread mobile pay makes grabbing lunch easier for locals and tourists alike
Users can access this feature through search, and eventually maps
The chain’s streak of unnecessary ordering apps continues
The fake tuna product is made from tomatoes
The service is available now nationwide
Major chains can’t get enough of the sales-boosting devices
Food delivery is raking in big bucks for the ride-sharing company
Thanks to a new partnership with Resy
Mobile apps like Caviar and UberEats have changed the game
