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DeWolf Emery
Yes, my real name is DeWolf
I grew up in the wooded hills of Virginia and on the Maine coast's rocky beaches. My father taught me how to cook, walk stealthily through the forest, and roast whole beasts for summertime guests. I spent my college years immersed in a mixture of anthropology, internships in fine dining restaurants, and Amazonian travel. An interest in and respect for human-centered design led me to get an MFA in product design, where I came to understand the potency of marrying art and engineering and then began to turn that lens back on the food world.
Work
I founded and now run Trove, a venture funded B2B foodtech start-up at the intersection of engineering and food science. We’ve developed a new fast-food carrier called a Crunch® that will compete with the bun, the taco shell, or the burrito wrap. Crunches® are made in a machine that we’ve designed, built, and patented. While scrumptious on their own, Crunches® can be filled with healthy salads, late night street food, or a host of ethnic cuisines. Several things make them unique: their shape is sculptural, they are handheld, they fit in a car cup holder, and most importantly, they have two distinct layers: the inner layer extends plate life and mitigates sogginess while the outer layer is a texture bomb of earth-shattering crunchiness.
A Love Affair with Food
I live to eat. I'm enticed by new flavors and textures and obsessed with how food ends up on our tables. The relationships between farmers, butchers, nutritionists, and chefs are of crucial importance, but we're too often content not knowing where our food comes from. As a result, Big Food has crept into our kitchens and regrettably begun to shape our food habits.
Design & Sculpture
These days I don’t have much time to build with my hands, but I long to cast more bronze, forge more steel, and develop proper woodworking skills. I built almost all of these pieces during my two years in grad school, which seems like a lifetime ago. They are a fair representation of my taste but obscure the fact that my building skills are still pretty rudimentary. Someday I’ll get back in the shop and let loose creatively.
