​In our everyday eating habits, we benefit from the diverse properties of natural food ingredients, from their taste and aroma to their texture. To further expand this potential, we draw inspiration from architected materials, in which engineered structures impart new mechanical properties. Building on this idea, we introduce kirigami and origami structures into fresh ingredients to embed new functionalities. Our design tool let users create custom, interchangeable rollers that apply cuts and folds to thinly sliced ingredients. By combining different structures with the inherent properties of food, users can transform everyday eating experiences across various contexts. To support users, we share experimental results with example ingredients to help them identify appropriate design parameters. Finally, we present several exemplar concepts in a recipe-style format to illustrate new interaction possibilities enabled by our reproducible fabrication pipeline.

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Paper: https://doi.org/10.1145/3731459.3774474