Category Archives: Evolution of food through media

Telematic Dinner Party: Dining together from afar

Posted on February 13, 2015 by lgmediageek

This post is part of an ongoing narrative about how media affects our interactions with food. Sitting down to a meal with friends and family is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It just isn’t the same when loved ones can’t … Continue reading →

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The future of nutrition with Chef Watson

Posted on February 8, 2015 by lgmediageek

This post is part of an ongoing narrative about how media affects our interactions with food. In my “Cognitive cooking with Chef Watson” post I reported that IBM is using its famous supercomputer, Watson, to develop innovative recipes through the … Continue reading →

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Viewing the old via the new: Julia Child’s “The Omelette Show”

Posted on February 1, 2015 by lgmediageek

This post is part of an ongoing narrative about how media affects our interactions with food and continues my nostalgic embrace of food via old media. In a previous post I mentioned Lev Manovich’s (2003) observation in The New Media Reader … Continue reading →

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Using the new to enjoy the old: Vintage recipes online

Posted on February 1, 2015 by lgmediageek

This post is part of an ongoing narrative about how media affects our interactions with food and also reveals a glimpse of my nostalgia for old media. In his introduction to The New Media Reader, Manovich (2003) asserts that the … Continue reading →

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Cognitive cooking with Chef Watson

Posted on January 25, 2015 by lgmediageek

This post is part of an ongoing narrative about how media affects our interactions with food. Watson, IBM’s supercomputer that played on Jeopardy! and won, is now a chef.  That’s right – in an exploration of the creative potential of … Continue reading →

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