I like living in the (food) future

This week I'm on a diet of soft foods and I'm actively noticing the options I have: soft Mexican (or Tex-Mex/Americanized Mex) tacos or burritos. Soba and udon noodle soups. Saag, paneer and other south Asian (mostly Indian) foods. If I wanted to go a little farther afield I could get pad thai or other Thai dishes like fish soup. And I'm sure there are more I haven't figured out yet. The Brazilian places are out, sadly, for now. But once I'm healed I plan to treat myself to a MEAT dinner.

I love the way my local version of American culture has integrated world-wide foods into options for me. I remember when I was growing up and the first Indian restaurant opened near where I lived in suburbia. It was a big deal and it only happened because of a local influx of south Asian high-tech people.

Of course there are even more futuristic foods around - people doing work at the molecular level, and kitchen science of various fantastic sorts. I'm not a big foodie myself but I do experiment once in a while and I love reading my friends' write-ups of their food adventures.

This part of the future? I'm really liking it.