top culinary trends

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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 peaked.  Check out their epi-log for more details, but here are the highlights:

Dish
Front Burner – Fried Chicken
Back Burner –  Burgers

Dessert
Front Burner  - Whoopie Pies
Back Burner -  Mini Cupcakes

Ingredient
Front Burner - Lamb
Back Burner –  Pork

Health Trend
Front Burner – Immunity
Back Burner –  Omega-3

Profession
Front Burner – Butcher
Back Burner –  Mixologist

Drink
Front Burner – Homemade Beer
Back Burner –  Mad-Science Cocktails

Entertaining
Front Burner – Potlucks
Back Burner –  Formal Dinners at Home

City
Front Burner – Vancouver
Back Burner  -  Barcelona

Sex Symbol
Front Burner –  Sam Kass
Back Burner  -  Curtis Stone

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