When I was in San Francisco I stopped by Hampton Creek Foods to investigate their “vegetarian egg” project. It’s a fascinating look into the future. The tech startup, funded partly by Bill Gates, is intent on making an egg out of vegetables. Their one-room office south of Market is as unusual as the egg they’re trying to make. Part Geek City, part Julia Child’s kitchen, part Mad Scientist’s lair, it’s a collision of home ec, Silicon Valley and science. In one corner chefs are baking cookies and flipping pancakes; in another scientists are doing arcane experiments with test tubes and centrifuges. And in the middle nimble young people are tapping furiously on their computers. A dog sleeps on a sofa.
A Vegetarian Egg?
A Vegetarian Egg?
A Vegetarian Egg?
When I was in San Francisco I stopped by Hampton Creek Foods to investigate their “vegetarian egg” project. It’s a fascinating look into the future. The tech startup, funded partly by Bill Gates, is intent on making an egg out of vegetables. Their one-room office south of Market is as unusual as the egg they’re trying to make. Part Geek City, part Julia Child’s kitchen, part Mad Scientist’s lair, it’s a collision of home ec, Silicon Valley and science. In one corner chefs are baking cookies and flipping pancakes; in another scientists are doing arcane experiments with test tubes and centrifuges. And in the middle nimble young people are tapping furiously on their computers. A dog sleeps on a sofa.