Eight years ago, the Chicago chef Homaro Cantu, who regularly serves guests edible menus and “prints” flavors like broccoli and Cheddar using rapid prototyping machines, was contacted by a friend on ...

So by now you've vicariously eaten Homaro Cantu's ten-course meal. (You haven't? Then read posts one, two and three. Go!) Yes, it's fun stuff. Freeze drying, lasers, liquid nitrogen galore. But what ...

The October 2006 issue of Gourmet featured a photo that was atypical of a glossy food magazine: Instead of a lovely slice of pie or a hefty burger, a chef’s eyes peeked out from behind a menu that the ...

To a lot of people, the late chef Homaro Cantu was all about showmanship, gadgets and tricks of molecular gastronomy. He was famous for edible menus, a fish that would cook itself on your table and ...

Homaro Cantu and the fellas at Moto have been posting kitchen high jinks on YouTube for years, but over the last few weeks the chef has turned the dial up on Twitter and Facebook, dropping hints and ...

Famed Chicago celebrity chef Homaro Cantu, known for inventive dish displays that also proved science has a place in the kitchen, was found dead Tuesday in a suicide, according to authorities. The ...

Days after Homaro Cantu was found dead in the building where he planned to open a brewpub, a small group returned to stand at the spot where Cantu ended his life. They told stories. They laughed. They ...

Until January, I carried around, from one apartment to another, across four states and two time zones, a ten-year-old issue of Chicago magazine that contained an article marking Chicago, with the rise ...

After his cheese snow demonstration, Homaro Cantu -- real-life Willy Wonka, postmodern chef extraordinaire, etc. -- shows a fork and spoon made by his company, Cantu Designs. The handles are ...

Although chef Homaro Cantu was facing a stressful convergence of business challenges, friends and family said the 38-year-old owner of the internationally renowned restaurant Moto never quit ...