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Silicon chef: IBM introduces computer-designed food

Austin, Texas – IBM has teamed up with New York’s Institute of Culinary Education to showcase food designed with the help of computers at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi).

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Food & Drink

Sugar and spice: Ice cream with unusual flavours

New York – There are no shortage of ice cream parlours in Brooklyn, but OddFellows Co wants to stand out from the crowd with its unique flavour combinations.

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Food & Drink

Catwalk cuisine: Designer presents collection at pop-up restaurant

Copenhagen – During fashion week, press and buyers usually flit from one show to the next with no time to stop for a bite. But for the presentation of Silas Adler’s menswear brand, Soulland, industry insiders were able to sit down and enjoy a six-course meal before seeing the spring/summer 2014 collection projected onto a screen.

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Food & Drink

Spice of life: Artist bottles up US census data

New York – US-based artist Hanna Kang-Brown has used the latest American Community Survey data from the US Census Bureau to create a range of spice mixes.

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Food & Drink

Dr Rachel Edwards-Stuart : The science of flavour-matching in food and drink

Food and flavour scientist Dr Rachel Edwards-Stuart talks about the science of flavour-matching.

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Culture & Media

Alexander & James

Blurring editorial content with online sales is not purely the preserve of luxury fashion e-tailers. It is also a strategy being adopted by alcohol brand Diageo, which hopes to emulate the success of sites such as Net-A-Porter with its new online luxury drinks portal Alexander & James.