Before the Age of Foodism descended on us like manna from heaven-bringing with it a concern for food excellence rather than just novelty (or so we hope)-we were willing guinea pigs for a succession of food fads, many of them quite weird. Some, like Jell-O and Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips, were technology-driven.
Storyteller-in-chief of the website “My First Apartment NYC" (http://myfirstapartmentnyc.com), where we collect people’s stories and photos of their first apartment in New York—whether they loved i...