576585 Mon Dec 01 20:07:43 -0800 2008 8 33 Food Media and News 0 4213406 "Buzzwords include: Maple syrup. Mozzarella bars. Porchetta. Stevia. Gastropubs. The cuisines of Peru and other Andean nations, Korea, Catalonia and the Basque regions. Duck eggs. An attack on sodium and on bottled waters." Link to download .pdf file http://www.baumwhiteman.com/trends2009.pdf Mon Dec 01 20:07:43 -0800 2008 10039 Melanie Wong 1 4214538 "Maple syrup – in vinaigrettes, in sauces, as glazes on savory food." Maple syrup is going to be a buzzword in 2009? I've been using it in all three suggested uses for years now. Guess I'm ahead of my time - at least when it comes to maple syrup. Tue Dec 02 09:44:16 -0800 2008 4213406 10532 LindaWhit 2 4214666 I felt the same way about all the buzzwords. Guess that goes with living in San Francisco. I thought it was interesting to compare what a NY-based firm was predicting vs. one in SF and another consultancy in the middle of the country. Here's where eats.com pokes some fun at this list, http://eats.com/eats-editorials/foodie-news/restaurant-trends-for-2009-20081126618/ Tue Dec 02 10:27:07 -0800 2008 4214538 10039 Melanie Wong 3 4215651 Had to agree at eats.com's curiousity at the declaration that Breakfast anytime and small plates will be buzz words. Small plates/tapas, etc. are everyday now in every type of cuisine. But this statement made me laugh: "It will be easier to get reservations and previously curmudgeonly waiters will suddenly be friendlier." I guess when we (customers) would pay anything to go out to dinner, we didn't care about those previously curmudgeonly waitstaff. Now they're going to be told to be nice to us so we come back? So much for "customer service." (Perhaps THAT should be a 2009 buzzword!) Tue Dec 02 15:39:41 -0800 2008 4214666 10532 LindaWhit 1 4218475 The NY Times Diner's Journal has another amusing takedown of these predictions, also emphasizing that what they predict as the big new thing is...not. http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/whats-for-dinner-next-year/?ref=dining Wed Dec 03 15:13:54 -0800 2008 4213406 10074 Caitlin McGrath 1 4221557 Small plates are the new black? Puh-leeze! Noodle places-been there ate that. Breakfast at any time- It's called a d-i-n-e-r people and they've been doing it since the roaring 20's. Meatloaf, meatballs...yawn, so-o-o 2006! Who are these dudes? Gastropub= WORST NAME EVER- sounds like a medical procedure of some sort. All the related links supplied by fellow CH'ers are too-o-o funny!! Adam Thu Dec 04 18:10:04 -0800 2008 4213406 154787 adamshoe 1 4223057 Interesting.... As a Greek was dismayed not to see Greek on the trends list. I thought we were finally breaking through...maybe next year. But funny thing is checking out the 2007 list of trends. Most of them never came true, so who knows how on-the-pulse these guys really are... Fri Dec 05 10:03:58 -0800 2008 4213406 15543 Raquel 1 4237996 The Peruvian is interesting as from Uk this is definately not on our radar, for our thoughts http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1EaEjia2xU, and we do think Greek will make it! Thu Dec 11 03:39:38 -0800 2008 4213406 66289 Waynefoodpeople 2 4239059 LOL. And I made a remark to a Chow media blog posting a while back in which Todd English touted Peruvian food as the "next big thing" that Peruvian food is "so four years ago" in San Francisco. Thu Dec 11 10:42:06 -0800 2008 4237996 10159 Ruth Lafler