What our fantasies about futuristic food say about us
Once ‘future foods’ were powdered and automatic, but times change and today they have become about speed and social justice
by Kelly Alexander
Kelly Alexander is an anthropologist at the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her books include Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford (Gotham, 2008), co-authored with Cynthia Harris, and Peaches: A Savor the South Cookbook (UNC Press, 2013).
Written by Kelly Alexander