Week 12: Influence of Food

“Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.”

Gordon Ramsay

Food, something we all need and all love. With Thanksgiving just two days away, I believe most of you are either prepping to make a delicious dish, or prepping to eat some delicious dishes. Whatever your plan, I hope you are able to stay safe during this time. This week, we will explore how technology is being used to advertise food, how one of the most famous restaurant awards came to be, how the food industry uses their secret weapon, and a bonus article on corn!

1. How Robots make food commercials: Food commercials are one of the prime vehicles for selling all types of food, but making them look extravagant on the big screen can be more difficult that one thinks. In this video, Vox shows how different technologies and robots are used to make in a complex way to create a simple appearing food commercial.

Watch How robots made this food commercial look effortless by Vox

2. The Tire Company that Give Out Food Awards: The famous Michelin Awards, ranking the top restaurants in the world from one to three stars, was originally a part of a travel guide, that the tire company passed out to help promote their company. While the company doesn't focus on a travel guide to promote itself, the Michelin Award is still the highest pride a restaurant can achieve.

Watch A Tire Company Gives Out The Most Prestigious Food Award - Here's Why by Facts In Motion

3. The Food Industry's Secret Weapon: Sugar! Sugar! Sugar! As America moved to wanting to have less fat in their food, sugar and sugar substitutes were increasingly added to food to help keep up the favorable taste. This video explores how sugar has been added to food more, and if it is adding to our sugar addiction.

Watch Food Industry's Secret Weapon (WHY Sugar is addictive & in 80% of Food) by What I've Learned

Bonus: Read this quick article on multi-colored corn!

Read This multi-colored corn is real and there's a fantastic story behind it by Business Insider

Call to Action! Take a look at the food you plan on eating this week. How was it advertised to you, how many famous recipes for your meals have influenced your food, and how much sugar content is really in your thanksgiving meal? Try to take that into account as you plan for your grand meals this week.

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