Events matching tag "food"
Friday, March 7
Austin: the Breakfast Taco Capital of the World? Hell yeah it is! And why not? The people of Austin love their breakfast tacos; they love them in the morning, for lunch, when they’re hungover, at midnight, on the streets…
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Mando Rayo
When Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman), he is left to figure out wh…
Saturday, March 8
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Charlie O'Donnell
According to the USDA, a “food desert” is any part of the United States where healthy, affordable food is difficult to obtain, either due to low household income or poor accessibility. In order to close the gap between f…
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Kel Smith
Americans seem just as obsessed with food as they are technology, but how is our near constant state of connectivity influencing what chefs put on the menu? How is our geographical density and propensity for moving from …
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Addie Broyles, Andy Potter, Brian Bordainick
Come join Paul Qui and other notable chefs for this talk around the growing trend of the DIY scene in food. Meaning, smaller, personable, minimal frill -- primary focus on food and flavors, and not on pretense. As people…
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Laura Sawicki, Meghan McCarron, Ned Elliott, Paul Qui
This panel discussion investigates how local and organically grown produce shapes Austin cooking and dining. Speakers will talk about the growth of organic markets and farm-to-table practices and discuss if / why the qua…
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Brenton Johnson, Megan Giller, Sam Hellman-Mass, Sean Henry, Tolly Moseley
Sunday, March 9
Technology continues to have a profound effect on how and what we eat. In the 365 days since last year's meetup alone, much has happened in the Food + Tech world: 3D printing, crowdsourcing restaurants, robot line cooks…
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Sharon Mays
The purpose of this SXSW talk is to explore questions about our food system that require experimentation, nontraditional approaches, and multidisciplinary ways of thinking. Using the innovation of 3D printing chocolate, …
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Daniel Heron, Levi Lalla
Food is hardware. The ways in which it is typically made currently are wasteful and unnecessary. We should embrace food technology such as nutritional biochemistry, food processing, and biotechnology to improve our food …
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Andras Forgacs, Ethan Brown, Josh Tetrick, Robert Rhinehart
In his directorial debut, Mike Myers documents the astounding career of Hollywood legend Shep Gordon. Following a chance encounter with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Shep went on to manage an eclectic list of artists in…
Monday, March 10
Public health officials are challenged with managing, and reversing, the continued growth of America's waistline. Since the current rate is not sustainable, how can entrepreneurs, public entities, and academia work toge…
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Jason Donahue, Manuel Rosso, Robyn Metcalfe, Ryan Shadrick Wilson
Tuesday, March 11
3D printing is poised to change entire industries. From transportation to manufacturing, fashion to education, this technology has huge implications for how the world will run now and in the future. And food is no except…
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Bonin Bough
Thursday, March 13
The thrill of discovery and sense of ownership experienced by finding a new band now applies to finding a new small batch bourbon, pop-up restaurant, or food truck. And we’re loyally evangelizing small batch food and dri…
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Michael Mast, Nils Bernstein, Rick Mast, Tom Monday, Josh Wittman