What a big weekend, food-wise. But I'll get to that later, in subsequent posts. Right now, I want to focus on the "trendy." I just took a quick run through all the "trendy" posts I've written this year, just to get an idea if there are any patterns, anything interesting, anything shockingly prescient. On the last, well, maybe not so much, though I'm certainly not wrong about things (I don't think).
Ignoring general posts, like ones linking to Epicurious' list of trends or awkward attempts to connect what I did over the weekend to a "trend", here's a complete list of what I found "trendy" this year, grouped into neat little categories:
Places - Broad
St. Petersburg
Baltimore (and this) (possibly cheating?)
Peru
Medellin
South America (in general)
Ireland
Places - Specific
Old school Italian delis
Obika Mozzarella Bar
Covered markets (and more)
Buffets (and their demise)
Lunch trucks
Ingredients/Foods
Peanut butter
Salty chocolate
Ginger
Sriracha
Pistachios
Pig
Crazy new products like eggos with syrup and anything made in Japan
Savory desserts
Vegetables at the center of the plate
Disease-fighting food
Yuzu
Brussels sprouts
Eras
70's (especially the drinks)
Early 60's (Mad Men)
Wine
Fakery and wine counterfeiting
Plastic wine bottles
Chinese wine drinking
The Zork
Sake2Me
Wine label info
Research
Global spending trends
Ethnography and food product design
Concepts
Richard Blais and his "whiteboard"
Supermom glamour
Zombies & vampires (to be fair, this one had nothing to do with food)
The homegrown/locovore movement, its detractors and its rabid fans
Urban agriculture
Foodie as a lifestyle choice
Mainstreaming "green"
Handmade everything
Food acoustics
It's a little overwhelming, isn't it?
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