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Jul 13
What’s the latest thing in food? One of the best ways to find out what’s hot is to browse the aisles of the Fancy Food Show. Organized by the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade, it’s the largest marketplace for sp (read full article)
Fancy Food Show, Food and Nutrition Trends, food trends, National Association of the Specialty Food Trade, Trend Alert
Jul 09
Image courtesy of Flickr user neloqua It seems everyone is cuckoo for coconuts these days. Coconut has emerged as a hot flavor trend – showing up in everything from ice cream and gelato to chips and snack bars. Mixologists are shaking up c (read full article)
Beverages, coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut saturated fat, coconut trend, coconut water, Diet Myths and Misinformation, Food and Nutrition Trends, Food Marketing, Health Claims
Jun 20
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Hope you enjoy your special day — you deserve it! And while we’re thinking about all the contributions dads make to the family, there’s one more to consider. What if dads could be a s (read full article)
Children's Nutrition, cooking dads, Deen Bros Good Cooking magazine, male cooking, ManTestedRecipes, men cooking, men in the kitchen, obesity, Trend Alert
May 09
Photo courtesy of Flickr user bitter-sweet I love chickpeas. I’m crazy about chickpeas. Perhaps you remember my previous post: Ode to the Chickpea. Now it’s going to be easier to find the fresh, green chickpeas that I remember enjoyi (read full article)
edamame, Food and Nutrition Trends, fresh chickpeas, fresh green garbanzo beans, Fruits Vegetables, green chickpeas, green garbanzos, Lebanese Food, Recipes, Trend Alert
May 07
What’s hot in “natural” foods? Take a look at what Claudia D. O’Donnell, Chief Editor of Prepared Foods, spotted recently at the Natural Products Expo West. Here are some of the trends she identified among the off (read full article)
Food and Nutrition Trends, food trends, functional food trends, Health Claims, natural foods trends, natural products expo, Trend Alert
Apr 05
Food Channel identified the Top Ten Foods of the Decade sushi bacon cupcakes sliders gourmet burgers made with Kobe or Angus beef superfruits (acai, pomegranate, blueberries) oils (including olive oil, truffle oil) whole grains artisan foods (partic (read full article)
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Mar 30
What’s hot in beverages? I often write about food trends, but what about drinks? Here’s a look at several beverage trends — a peek at what we’ll be sipping in 2010. For starters, there’s no denying that coconut water h (read full article)
beverage trends, Beverages, coconut water, hot cocktails, maqui berry, O.N.E., Trend Alert, vita co, ZICO
Feb 25
Many trend forecasters predict this will be the year of umami — something that Kikkoman and the mushroom folks have been saying for awhile. This time, I think it’s really true. Umami (pronounced oo-MAH-mee) is the difficult to define (read full article)
Apotheke Tomato Basil Martini, fifth taste, flavor trends, Food and Nutrition Trends, Mazu Black Samurai, mushrooms, Soy Sauce, Trend Alert, Umami
Feb 12
Image: Ed Suba Jr., McClatchy-Tribune Washington Post declared black garlic the next “it” ingredient. The Chicago Sun-Times called it the next big culinary wonder, and it was one of the 10 not-so-obvious dining trends for 2010 identifi (read full article)
black garlic, New Products, Trend Alert
Jan 06
Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user Optical Illusion I’ve been writing a lot about food trends in anticipation of the start of the new year. Most of my posts have been summaries of the predictions of others — from the National Restaurant As (read full article)
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Jan 01
Photo courtesy of Flickr user La Tartine Gourmande On this first day of 2010, I thought I’d review all of my recent food trend posts. You’ll see predictions from a variety of sources — a forecast of what we’ll be eating in 201 (read full article)
2010 dining trends, 2010 food trend predictions, 2010 food trends, Food and Nutrition Trends, food trends, restaurant trends, Trend Alert
Dec 24
As the year comes to close, I was thinking about the foods that made a lot of headlines but didn’t really live up to the hype. The most overrated food trends of the year was the topic of my latest article in the Chicago Tribune. 5 most overr (read full article)
agave nectar, chia seeds, coconut oil, enhanced waters, flax seeds, Food and Nutrition Trends, food trends, Health Claims, hype, natural sugars
Dec 11
Photo courtesy of Flickr user Ben Heine Following this year’s global economic recession, consumers are ready to reset and start fresh for 2010. Fear played a dominant role in shaping consumer behavior this year, according to Richard Cope, dir (read full article)
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Dec 09
Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user la tartine gourmande The trends keep coming. This time the 2010 food trend predictions are from The Food Channel, based on research conducted in conjunction with CultureWaves and the International Food Futurists. C (read full article)
2010 food trends, Food and Nutrition Trends, food vetting, restaurant trends, sustainability, sustainable, Trend Alert
Dec 04
Butterscotch pudding, Flickr daveleb I participated in a Trend Spotter Webcast yesterday conducted by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, the group behind the Fancy Food Show. You can learn more by visiting NASFT’s bog Under (read full article)
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Dec 01
Now the National Restaurant Association weighs in on restaurant trends for 2010. Locally grown and sourced products, sustainable seafood, a back-to-basics approach, nutrition, allergy awareness, ancient grains and better-for-you children’s (read full article)
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Dec 01
source: flickr, desertculinary Epicurious has come up with a clever list of food trends for 2010. I like their approach of “front burner” and “back burner” as a way to predict what will be hot next year and what trends have (read full article)
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Nov 30
"Little Gem Salad" with pig ears at the Publican. Flickr, JoeM500 I’m back again with more trends. I warned you I’d be hitting the topic hard for the rest of the year! I previously reviewed restaurant trends identified by Min (read full article)
Food and Nutrition Trends, Trend Alert
Nov 29
The food trends keep coming. This time the 2010 predictions come from the Food People, who describe themselves as the leading global food spotters and reporters. We’re starting to see some consensus among the myriad trend experts — nex (read full article)
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Nov 20
photo source: Flickr, Waleed What will be in store next year for restaurants? Mintel Menu Insights, a service that tracks U.S. menu trends, identified five predictions for 2010. The trends reflect a greater focus on high quality ingredients, cl (read full article)
Food and Nutrition Trends, Mintel, restaurant trends, Trend Alert