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Writer Laura Reiley Predicts the Future of Food

WUSF | By Robin Sussingham
Published June 27, 2019 at 7:00 AM EDT
Food writer Laura Reiley, right, with "The Zest" host Robin Sussingham.
Dalia Colón
Food writer Laura Reiley, right, with "The Zest" host Robin Sussingham.
Food writer Laura Reiley, right, with "The Zest" host Robin Sussingham.
Credit Dalia Colón
Food writer Laura Reiley, right, with "The Zest" host Robin Sussingham.

By Robin Sussingham

Customized burgers based on facial recognition and robots behind the counter at your favorite doughnut shop? It sounds like the premise of a sci-fi movie, but the future of food is stranger than fiction.

Journalist Laura Reiley explains to "The Zest" host Robin Sussingham how food culture will change in the future.

So says Laura Reiley.The prominent food writer covers the business of food for The Washington Postand before that she was the longtime restaurant critic for the Tampa Bay Times. In a conversation with WUSF's food podcast, The Zest, Reiley gazes into her crystal ball to give us a heads-up on what to expect in the future of food.

After years of being a food critic, Reily gave The Zest her overall impression of Tampa Bay's restaurant scene. You can find that conversation here.

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Robin Sussingham
Robin is Senior Editor at WUSF, spearheading the station's podcasting initiatives and helping to guide the vision for special reporting projects and creative storytelling. She hosts the weekly current affairs program, Florida Matters, on WUSF and also created The Zest, the station's podcast that's all about food, which she continues to host and serve as senior producer.
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