Food packaging contributes to a lot of the waste in our homes, and it's something most of us just accept. Plastic wrappers for cereal, energy bars, deli meats, and instant coffee all find themselves in the garbage at a rate as high as our consumption. Monosol is aiming to change that by offering edible, water-soluble wrapping. Could this be the food packaging of the future? More

There's a new diet and nutrition app that aims to truly inform us about the way we eat. Eatery works by having users snap photos of their meal and provide a few details, which the app then analyzes to provide a big-picture of that user's eating habits, including strengths, weaknesses, and where to make a change. "Other apps tell you about your food. We tell you about yourself," as their tagline says.

But the most unique aspect of Eatery is what it does with all the information it gathers from its over half a million users... More

Q: I manage the Facebook page for my parents' small family farm and maple business. My mom has a lot of great maple recipes that we've been sharing using the "Notes" feature, but I'm not loving how that's working. What are your suggestions for the best Facebook apps for sharing recipes?

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The SodaStream, which was invented in 1903 and reached peak popularity in the 70s and 80s, has always looked pretty much the same... until now. The company hired Swiss designer Yves Béhar to give the iconic brand a redesign for the new SodaStream Source, and Béhar's design mantra—"reduce and refine"—is evident in the redesign. The new look is much more contemporary and streamlined! More

I love technology, but I also love simplicity. As a compulsive list-maker, I've found the best of both in OurGroceries, a streamlined and sync-able list-making app. Just a few quick taps and I can move on to more delicious tasks — like cooking up all those groceries I just bought. More

It's become a familiar question in the food world: is the cooking app going to kill the printed cookbook? (We joined in earlier this year, wondering if Martha Stewart's cookie app marks the end of the cookbook era.) But over at Poor Man's Feast, writer and editor Elissa Altman points out why there is room for both in the kitchen — and why it is wrong to assume we can only choose one. More