Food and space: my two biggest fascinations of life. I love eating and stargazing. So it is no wonder I follow the space program fairly diligently. However, when my thoughts turn to space I think not so much about astronaut missions but more about what they ate for breakfast.
Cuisine aboard Space Shuttle STS-88 (ISS-01-2A) launched last December included delicacies such as mushroom soup; salmon with broccoli au gratin; fresh fruit and vegetables; trail mix; kona coffee; and other earthly delights -- a far cry from Pillsbury's Space Food Sticks of the 1960s. Remember that brown, chewy, tube-shaped, extruded "food" in pseudo-chocolate, banana or strawberry flavor, individually packaged in slightly off-white multi-layered material?