Food Tech: Websites and Gadgets
New ways for food lovers to indulge their inner tech geeks.
What’s Cooking On The Web
Courtesy of Rouxbe.com
Rouxbe
This site provides beautifully produced how-to videos on subjects like homemade ravioli. rouxbe.com.
Eat, Drink Or Die
The team behind Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die site partnered with chef Tom Colicchio for this mix of oddball instructional-video shorts. eatdrinkordie.com.
Food Party
Pee-wee’s Playhouse for foodies, from artist Thu Tran. foodparty.tv.
Celebrity-Chef Computer Games
Courtesy of Brighter Minds Media
New games let players vie to be Top Chef (topchefthegame.com), battle in Iron Chef America (destineerstudios.com/ironchef) and face the wrath of chef Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen (playhk.com). What’s Cooking? Jamie Oliver takes a more educational bent, sharing recipes for virtual or real meals (jamieoliver.com/whats-cooking).
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Portable Fun & Function
Ingenious mobile applications for the wine store, the home bar and the kitchen.
Wine
Courtesy of Nirvino
To amass its vast oeno-database, Nirvino collected close to a million wine reviews, plus pairing ideas from users and critics. Free; nirvino.com.
Cocktails
Courtesy of Bob Maran and Deidra Jones
Thanks to Pocket Cocktails’ clever software, moving the iPhone like a shaker brings up easy drink recipes. $5; pocketcocktails.com.
Recipes
Courtesy of Heidi Swanson
A stripped-down iPhone interface makes 101 Cookbooks’ wide array of healthy recipes easily accessible from the road. Free; 101cookbooks.com.
Game Enabler
Courtesy of G-Fi.com
The G-Fi VS wireless hub allows players to compete with one another for game supremacy on any device, from iPhone to laptop. $149; g-fi.com.
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