Taste test: Stem-cell hamburger short on flavor
Posted: August 6, 2013 - 4:20am

A new Cultured Beef Burger made from cultured beef grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle, is cooked by chef Richard McGeown during the world's first public tasting of the product held in London Monday. The cultured beef product was developed by Professor Mark Post, not pictured, of Netherland's Maastricht University. The cultured beef could help solve the coming food crisis and combat climate change, say the producers of the burger, which cost $332,000 to make. (AP Photo/David Parry)
LONDON (AP) — The food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese. Two volunteers who took the first public bites of...