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This is a very interesting article about many food trends and the "trend spotting" process. The article starts by asking the question "Is bacon still 'hot'?" Ann Mack, a trend spotter says yes, but Restaurants & Institutions says no; they believe eggs will be the new bacon for 2010. The article's author, Christopher Borelli, is very skeptical of trend spotters. CAn we believe them? How do they get their info to make their predictions? Some people believe that many trends become trends becasue people believe what the trend spotters say, and they make them trends. For example, since Restaurants & INstitutions believe that eggs will be the new trend, many restaurants and chefs will read this and therefore MAKE eggs the new trend. I think it is very interesting that one person can have the power to decide what will be trendy in the new year. This article doesn't talk directly about fine dining, but obviously some of the trends predicted will be in the fine dining market.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this article a lot, mostly because I have always been a bit of a skeptic when it comes to "trend spotters". I also apply to the thinking that trend spotters, in a way, create the trends because people who pay attention to the spotters say me them the trends. The mention of black garlic becoming a new trend I found interesting as it is something I had never heard of so I did some quick research and still can't decide how I would use it. Wine-tails as an up and coming trend also got me thinking because according to the various beverage magazines I read (i.e. Cheers) wine-tails where going to be the next in cocktail for the past two years. Overall a fun read for fellow skeptic.
ReplyDeleteThis article is all about the hype of new items, wheather things are gonna be hot or not, and which product will sell the most. I think Bacon will always be hot, maybe it will die down but not completly becouase of how tasty and usefull bacon can be. Chefs are using it in all sorts of dishes from pizza, soups and entrees to ice creams and sorbets. things are always changing, and will come in out of circles around the globe. These trend spotters study this so they can predict where the industry is going and while this is good, it seems like just another way to sell the consomers things they dont need, but bacon isent one of them.
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