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How do software and data make your dinner better? Sixteen years ago, entrepreneur Damian Mogavero brought together an unlikely mix of experts—chefs and code writers—to create a pioneering software company whose goal was to empower restaurateurs, through the use of data, to elevate and enhance the guest experience. Today, his data gathering programs are used by such renown chefs as Danny Meyer, Tom Colicchio, Daniel Boulud, Guy Fieri, Giada De Laurentiis, Gordon Ramsay, and countless others. Damian joins us in-studio to discuss his recently published book The Underground Culinary Tour. In the bestselling tradition of Moneyball, it is a high-octane, behind-the-scenes narrative about how the restaurant industry, historically run by gut and intuition, is being transformed by the use of data.

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Have you had the juicy meaty burger made without any meat? Impossible? No. The all-natural, plant-based Impossible Burger is real and it’s coming to a burger chain near you. The Impossible Burger is earning great reviews and fans amongst chefs and consumers, their environmentally friendly, plant-based meat substitute. One of the most important questions for any food tech company is – how do you scale successfully? In this episode – Impossible Food COO David Lee joins us to discuss their new production facility in California, ramping up production and gives us a peak at some new products in the R&D pipeline.

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In this episode, we bring Tech Bites engineer David Tatasciore out of the control room and into the studio to talk about his latest project, What's the Story? – a fictional comedy podcast about storytelling and journalism for the "post-truth era." Launched in January of 2017, it follows the story of Ray Elliott, who quits his job as a fact-checker in order to stop being a professional story ruiner and become a professional storyteller – because "stories are what move us, not facts." David and WTS? creator Bryan Farrell join us in studio to discuss the timeliness of making a fake radio news podcast and what the "post-truth era" means.

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On Get Mentored! We help food tech start-up PieShell get their marketing and PR game on point. PieShell focuses on crowdfunding online for the food and beverage industry. In order to move PieShell to the next level, CEO/founder Cheryl Clements needs to grow two critical user groups: companies raising funds and people contributing funds. Today's mentor is Steven Hall, founder of Hall PR, a New York City based company specialized in hospitality marketing for clients around the globe. Got a start-up that needs a boost? Get in touch with Tech Bites and Get Mentored! techbites [at] hertiageradionetwork [dot] org

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Would you like a side of data with your salad? How do restaurants grow their delivery revenue and get a piece of the 30-billion dollar US food delivery market? The obvious answer is to get delicious food to their customers as quick as possible. The less obvious answer is collecting data and using metrics to build a faster, stronger delivery system. On this episode we talk with in-studio guests from fast-casual chain Just Salad, CEO/Co-Founder Nick Kenner and Janae Banks, Guest Relations Manager, about how they built their Command Center to drive customer happiness and sales.

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We all want to make our food lives a little bit better right? More environmentally and economically friendly, tastier and functional. It's hard to always get everything right- but you can do somethings most of the time and be healthyish. That's the basic idea around Healthyish, the online platform from Bon Appetit launching this week. Healithyish editor Amanda Shapiro joins us in studio to talk about why a website that features self-care, lunch bowl recipes and Issa Rae might be exactly what people are looking for right now.

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What’s for dinner? Do you want someone to help you answer that question with menus, recipes and shopping lists? On this episode we look at EatLove.is, a new online subscription service for personalized meal planning. The information-based service is the latest trend in home cooking and meal strategy, poised to disrupt the meal kit business. Critics of companies like Blue Apron and Purple Carrot; say they have too much packaging waste and too much food. In this Women in Tech episode: Monique Nadeau CEO of EatLove.is and Naz Riahi, founder of the food tech conference Bitten, and former meal kit user, join us in-studio to discuss how you put dinner on the table in the 21st century.

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Would you believe me if I told you Silicon Valley techies love paper? Look around any design office or tech conference and you will see people everywhere scribbling and doodling in Moleskin paper notebooks. In spite of all the digital productivity and drawing programs and gadgets, the immediacy of pen to paper is still very satisfying to the creative process. In the his new book The Revenge of Analog, Toronto-based writer David Sax, travels the globe to discover why paper, film, board games and vinyl are not only surviving in the digital age, but thriving.

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What’s the top food trend coming in 2017? We all want to know. Tune in to Episode 82 of Tech Bites with in-studio guest Kate Krader, Food Editor of Bloomberg Pursuits and gastronomical oracle. We’ll ask her what food and tech trends she sees coming next year, and which ones will fade away. Don’t miss the last episode of 2016 – for the first look at 2017.

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What were the big food tech stories of 2016? Find out what recipes and stories got the most clicks at the New York Times, from Melissa Clark, Dining Section columnist and cookbook author. Thinking about making a New Year’s resolution to go on a social media diet? Jacqueline Raposo, host of Love Bites, has already tried it out and loved it. She’ll share her plan to get off the digital and back into real life. If you’re looking to make changes in your eating habits – there’s an APP for that. The Foodstand App co-founder Rachna Govani, calls in with a status on how people are doing with their Good Eating Challenges. Wondering what the Obama’s White House holiday party is like? Our last guest, Jack Inslee former Tech Bites engineer, calls in from Washington DC with all the party details.

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