Wine, beer and liquor has been making a cool comeback in everything from chocolate to full-on meals at some of the hottest restaurants in the country.
Quick, cheap and chock full of flavor, street food gives hungry passers-by a lot to love. From award-winning food stalls to gourmet food trucks to noodle shops, it's easy to see how street food has staked its claim on cities across the globe.
Whatever innovation and evolution led to the English pub, French bistro, Italian caffe and Afghan kebab house, today every pub, bistro, caffe or kebab house is effectively a node on a cultural franchise, and will hew to a pretty rigorous expression of "pub" or "kebab house."
Do you repurpose, reheat, wait for it to turn into a science project or just toss? What are your favorite leftovers?
The cool thing about all of these trends is that if you're not in a major city, or major market, you can do a lot of them at home.
After spending three full days on the floors of the largest trade food show in the USA, I noticed new trends, observed the consolidation of others and couldn't stop tasting new, tasty or weird products available. Here are my observations.
While we set out on the dining adventure that's to be 2013, it's always fun to speculate where that adventure will lead. Here's what some of the major news outlets around the country are predicting.
Food and fashion aren't so different. Throughout the years, we've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Sometimes, we look back and say to ourselves, "What was I thinking?" This year is no different. Let's take a look at healthy trends that are in and the not-so-healthy trends that I hope to see on the way out!
2012 was an up and down and altogether historic year for the food movement. In order to succeed in 2013, the movement needs to incorporate more voices from throughout the food chain and think creatively about how to unite across traditional boundaries.
The folks at "offline dating" site have just released a visual compilation of the dating network's first 1 million dates recorded.
An education in cooking must always take place by the stove, and a healthy relationship with food will always begin and end in the kitchen.
This year I have promised myself to meditate daily, spend more time with my family, shop more carefully, entertain more often, and eat more mindfully. Some of that has to do with paying attention to the upcoming trends this year.
foie·kage fee (noun): When California's ban on foie gras took effect this summer ("foiemageddon"), some restaurants protested by using a loophole in the law to charge a fee (akin to a corkage fee for wine) to prepare liver purcahsed in another state. See also: "duckeasies," a spin on prohibition-era speakeasies.
The kopi luwak fecal coffee fad has officially gone to, well, you know, with a Craigslist ad selling human poop coffee. In strict terms, kopi luwa...
This year the food world saw a new trend pop up seemingly every day, and with perpetual instagramming, tweeting and blogging, we were able to share, analyze and get over one food trend as soon as the next one arrived. Here are 10 food trends from 2012 and what they say about us.
I was struck by a fascinating web post this week reporting that, as a country, we're consuming sharply declining amounts of wheat products. Given the vast numbers of Big Macs, Subway sandwiches and Domino's pizzas we buy every day, it seemed counterintuitive.
The expo portion of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo draws more than 350 exhibitors. Here, new products are launched and food trends come to life. Here are the top five food trends spotted at this year's expo.
Restaurant consultant group Baum & Whiteman's annual report on food and dining trends, which came out this month, reads a bit like a hyperactive publi...
Fresa's is part of an important discussion and helps plant the seed for a huge shift in the culture of fast food, despite those who don't find the concept appealing.
NEW YORK — Yogurt companies are looking to cultivate Americans' taste for dairy. The country's top Greek yogurt maker, Chobani, is opening up i...
The entire panel definitely affirmed that France plays an important role in the shaping of food and hospitality trends -- nationally and internationally -- but is also the receiver of creative ideas from the U.S. and elsewhere.
Sometimes we like to think we have every food option possible here in NYC, but traveling reminds us that it's not always the case. Here are four West Coast food finds I'd like to see in Brooklyn ASAP.
A national telephone poll revealed the following interesting (and some surprising) details about food choices that vegans, vegetarians and the veg-curious are making.
Fast-forward to 2012 and technology has indeed had a notable impact on how and what we eat. Not because it's changed the way we cook, but more because it's changed who we are, how we think, and opened up, literally, a world of options.
By Kate Krader, Restaurant Editor, Food & Wine Follow Kate on Twitter: @kkrader It's time to bring some new things into your life: squirrel, fish bo...
