The future of space food

The European Space Agency has asked French chef, Alain Ducasse, to create food for astronauts on long-term voyages. Currently astronauts have to eat food that has been pre-packaged and dehydrated to make it lighter which means if you ever find yourself in space and want a lovely Sunday Roast(roast beef) then your out of luck as it has to be cooked in an oven, which you wouldn't normally find in a spacecraft. The other chefs working on the project said the idea is to create meals that would remind the astronauts of home. The main ingredients for the food on these voyages would include onions, lettuce, potatoes, spinach(yuk!), and rice. Much of the food like onions and potatoes would be grown on-board the spacecraft. The project is part of reasearch by ESA scientists on how growing food on-board a spacecraft could help astronauts survive long periods of time in space.