Space Food

When researchers discuss the potential health benefits of red wine, resveratrol is regularly cited as a key culprit. The actual benefits are still debated, but people have claimed the compound can help with everything from losing weight to straight up living longer.

Imagine deep into the future… the year 2019. (Just pretend for a second.) Who will be the first brand to bake cookies in space? Those magical Keebler Elves? The fake seafarers over at Chips Ahoy? Maybe the happily-married Mrs. Fields? Nope. Today, it’s been announced that the first cookie ever to be baked in space is set, and it comes courtesy of… DoubleTree by Hilton?

When regular people are craving pizza, they’re usually within just a couple minutes of a slice. It is blessedly easy for most of us to get our hands on that cheesy, greasy goodness. For astronauts, this is not the case, as Pizza Hut has yet to open up any storefronts on the Moon.