3 . I cook because it brings me joy. My career at Ruth’s Chris began in 1994 in San Juan where I started out as a dishwasher. The ______ I worked on was given the nickname (绰号) FILO (first in, last out) because we came in ______ and stayed late each day. It was in these hours that I ______ the workings (工作方式) of the kitchen.

Our founder, Ruth Fertel, had a(n) ______ for everything. She also had successful methods for ______, treating everyone like a family. This was part of the ______ of Ruth’s Chris. It gave me a sense of ______ later in my career. Just after my mother had ______, I had to take some time off to go to her funeral (葬礼). During that time, I ______ a bouquet (花束) of beautiful flowers from my team at Ruth’s Chris and one from Ruth Fertel herself. This ______ act of kindness ______ me how important family was. And that was more than a ______; it was a place I could call home.

I am Executive Chef now. I love making a connection with our guests and serving dishes that leave a lasting ______ on them. For me, cooking is about families, friends, laughing and ______ together. That is how my love for cooking came to life and I am ______ to do this for a living.

Three robotic arms work simultaneously (同时地) to cook, package, and serve food they make behind glass curtains inside     1     office building in Shanghai’s Changning District. After     2     (scan) a QR code to place an order and pay, customers get freshly—made meals.

“After the chef develops a new dish, I will transform the chef’s cooking process     3     a machine language,” Zhao, a mechanical design engineer says, adding that when everything is ready, the robots are able to produce     4     (dish) that are comparable to those     5     (cook) by a chef.

The robots are not only able to cook a     6     (diverse) of traditional Chinese dishes, such as Kung Pao chicken and dongporou, a popular pork dish, but also make a decent cup of coffee. A great deal of research     7     (conduct) to enable the robotic arm to accurately cover the lid (盖子) of a coffee cup over the past few months. And the result is     8     (reward).

Robot chefs can work very     9     (effective) 24 hours a day, serving food to customers at any hour of the day,     10     makes the robot catering market potential in the future.

6 . Whatever your tastes are, it is highly unlikely that many of you are using 3D printers to create your favorite meals. Still, anyone interested in the future of food can find technologists printing out snacks, from steaks to cakes, at the push of a button. Now laser cooking has arrived and it is adding an entirely new layer of gourmet (美食家) taste.

Columbia’s Creative Machines Lab team is hoping to build a digital personal chef to deliver taste, materials, and food to suit individual tastes. So far their experiments with chicken have created laser-cooked examples that have the same flavor as cooking, but use 50 percent fewer ingredients, and have the double content.

“In fact, our two blind taste testers preferred laser-cooked meat to the conventionally cooked samples, which shows the promise for this burgeoning technology,” said project leader James Blutinger. Scientists are working to promote this technology.

Creating software that would allow chefs to make their own designs—a Photoshop of food—is the next step. “We need high-level software that enables people who are not programmers to design the foods they want,” said group leader Hod Lipson. “And then we need a place where people can share digital directions as they share music.”

All of this could well change the way we think about and eat food. High on the list of positives is the fact that printed food can be healthier, lessen the environmental impact of food production—especially red meat—and cut waste.

Global food waste hit almost one billion metric tons in 2021. So future companies that turn food waste into tasty dishes and food decorations—like Natural Machines or Upprinting Food—are a welcome development. As food printing becomes more widespread, we may see instant printed and recycled meals as the dietary solution we were looking for.