Hearst Taps Demand Media’s Bradford and Yucaipa’s Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle

Can the City by the Bay finally get the newspaper it deserves?
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Pizza is an obvious candidate for 3D printing because it can be printed in distinct layers, so it only requires the print head to extrude one substance at a time.

– From a description of Anjan Contractor’s 3-D food printer, by Christopher Mims on Quartz

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Silicon Valley’s Mouthwatering Tax Break

When outsiders visit Silicon Valley, the first thing they often notice is the food: Cafeterias brimming with free gourmet meals and snacks offered to employees of Google, Facebook and other technology firms.

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Mango Health App That Games Taking Meds Launches With Target Partnership

San Francisco-based Mango Health — a new mobile app aimed at allowing people to manage their personal health by tracking medications and nutritional supplements they take — is launching after a 16-week pilot program and a strategic deal with retail giant Target. The app rewards users with gift cards or allows them to make charitable donations for correctly following their medical regimens by using game design principles. Consumers can also check for interactions between medications, supplements and foods, and get dosage reminders. Mango has raised $3.1 million in seed funding from venture firms First Round Capital, Floodgate and Baseline Ventures, as well as angel investors Mark Pincus and Keith Rabois.

Demand Media Vets Launch Tastemade, a Machinima for Food Videos

There are plenty of food and recipe videos on YouTube. But these guys, backed by $5 million in venture money, think there’s room for more.
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Magazine-Style Cooking App Panna Comes to iPhone

Panna’s app for iPhone is — dare I say it — fully baked.
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OpenTable Devours FoodSpotting for $10 Million in Cash

OpenTable gets more serious about mobile.
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New Crop of Online Food Services Offer Everything but the Chef

What’s in the box?
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Tasty: FoodyDirect Gets $3M, as Former Goldman Tech Banker Turns Entrepreneur

Can you make lox, bagels and a schmear digital?
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