IT’S not quite the stuff of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the fare coming out of Homaru Cantu’s kitchen is just as bizarre. In Roald Dahl’s famous children’s book, chewing gum is made to taste like a three-course meal. Cantu, a cordon-bleu chef, has modified an ink-jet printer to create dishes made of edible paper that can taste like anything from birthday cake to sushi.
“You can make an ink-jet printer do just about anything,” says Cantu, who is head chef at the Moto restaurant in Chicago and a keen advocate of the high-tech kitchen. The printer’s cartridges are loaded with fruit and vegetable concoctions…
