The PathStop  hand scanner detects invisible signs of bacteria and viruses on your hands in about two seconds — creating a simple way to prevent the spread of food-borne illnesses. The founders believe the scanner will particularly help kitchen staff ensure they’ve properly washed their hands.  Studies find a whopping 97 percent of Americans don’tRead more about Does your kitchen team have clean hands? Scan ‘em![…]

The foam on the beer and coffee you serve is the ideal canvas to brand your operation — or at least that’s what the Ripples printing machine is designed to do. You can personalize customers’ drinks with photos, logos or a few words by “printing” nearly any image onto the foam. Will tattooing your drinksRead more about You can now tattoo your beer and coffee drinks… will customers care?[…]

Nobody had to ask. These culinary students from Green Bay, Wisconsin just got to work cooking meals for 50 people who were sheltering at the school during recent floods. The culinary instructor said it’s not a surprise the students quickly responded.  Teamwork and soothing the soul through a good meal is at the heart ofRead more about Culinary students jump in to help flooding victims… with gourmet meals![…]

Sometimes we just have to share the silly to take a break from the chaos of the food business. Australian-based ice cream store Messina broke the news (on April Fools, of course)  that they’re taking its most popular ice cream to the next level with“micro batching,”  But that means there will be only about 15Read more about “Micro batch” ice cream becomes April Fool’s hit[…]

Breaking into NYC’s food scene is tough for anybody.  But women chefs have had double the challenge in the male-dominated kitchens of New York City. Enter Egaliteria, a group of veteran women chefs who are paving the way for the new generation of female cooks.