The taste of tomorrow : dispatches from the future of food / Josh Schonwald.

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2012]

viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

First edition.

Prologue: Gastropub 2035 -- part 1: Beginnings. The next salmon and the bagged salad moment -- part 2: Salad days. Into the world's salad bowl ; The radicchio king, the produce oligarchy, and the greatest engineering feat in salad history ; Alice Waters' farmer (the Weed Period) ; The culinary potential of Frankenfood -- part 3: Meat. Why not cow, goat, emu, or rabbit? ; The guilt-free, heart-attack-fighting super burger ; Among the meat growers -- part 4: Fish. Where is the next salmon? ; The super bowl of seafood ; The last perfect species : St. Peter's fish ; The tilapia tycoon with cobia dreams ; The nephrologist ; The seafood revolution will be indoors -- part 5: Ethnic. The deadhead and the next pad thai ; The food futurists ; The last culinary frontier -- part 6: The end of food. Achieving metabolic dominance ; The nano panacea -- Conclusion: The perfect meal -- Recipes: The mouthfeel of the future.