The 5th Smart Kitchen Summit was held a few weeks ago in Seattle. Two days in early October when entrepreneurs, food techies, food futurists, and investors gather to check out the latest ideas around how to make the process of planning for, shopping for, and preparing foods/meals better. To make it easier, faster, cheaper, less wasteful, or in some other way more rewarding through advances in technology. A slew of smart appliances and smartphone apps were on display.

In this podcast I get the perspectives on some the featured ideas at the Smart Kitchen Summit from two experts in their fields who attended. Lisa McManus is a kitchen equipment tester. She’s a reporter and editor who also stars on PBS television shows "America's Test Kitchen" and "Cook's Country.Anna Marie Cesario spent a good part of her career at food companies like Unilever, attuned to the whole meal preparation process. She and her teams developed recipes that fit into our changing lifestyles. 

In this show I also consider if and how any of these ”smart” solutions could help me in my own kitchen…