How Automats Will Replace the Kitchen

What if your next meal knew more about you than your own family?
What if your favorite restaurant never had a single human chef?

In this provocative and urgent exploration of the future of food, Riven Archer takes us behind the gleaming chrome arms and algorithmic menus of the modern automat revolution-where artificial intelligence, robotics, and biometric data are transforming how, what, and why we eat.

From shuttered diners in the Midwest to AI-optimized curry shops in Silicon Valley, How Automats Will Replace the Kitchen exposes the rise of robotic kitchens that promise safer, faster, and cheaper meals-but at the cost of millions of jobs and centuries of food culture.

Inside, you'll discover:

• Why legacy restaurants are collapsing in the face of algorithmic efficiency

• How automated kitchens are weaponizing your health data for profit

• The hidden labor crisis threatening 15 million American workers

• The creation of a "food class divide"-robots for the rich, scraps for everyone else

• What the race between China, Silicon Valley, and Europe means for our global food future

Archer's three-year investigation reveals a world where your lunch is programmed, your dinner is optimized, and your taste buds are just another dataset. Equal parts investigative journalism, cultural critique, and call to action, this book challenges us to rethink not just what's on our plates-but who holds the power to decide.

The future of food is here. The only question is: who gets to eat?