our favorite finds from the front lines of food
Hero dish from The Search for General Tso
What a great idea! ReGrained is a start-up making Honey Almond IPA & Chocolate Stout bars from spent grain originating from some our favorite local Bay Area brewers: Magnolia Brewing, 21st Amendment Brewery and Triple Voodoo Brewery. And, wait for it....they are talking about developing cookie mixes from this stuff eventually! (Munchies)
We were sad to hear the news of the recent passing of Chef Peng Chang-kuei. He was the creator of the all-time American favorite and Chinese menu staple, General Tso's Chicken. Also, for those who have not seen it, we highly recommend the 2014 documentary "The Search for General Tso" - you can find it on Netflix. Chef Peng was the real deal and he left a huge impact on the culinary landscape. He was 98. (New York Times)
A lot has been going on in the wacky world of food delivery system. Dominos Japan tried to train reindeer to deliver pizza but despite the sophisticated GPS tracking system and such it is just not going to work. Turns out that reindeer are too difficult to control. Really? (Eater)
In other delivery news, in the South London neighborhood of Greenwich, a local Turkish restaurant will be starting a droid delivery program. How is that going to go? Apparently, to thwart attempts to ride and/or steal them, the droid are outfitted with alarms and there are robot handlers in Estonia who can talk to people through a built in microphone. Easy! What could go wrong with that? (Guardian)
