|
Food Trends Spotted at Winter Fancy Food Show
A panel of trendspotters at the 37th Winter Fancy Food Show named the top five food trends for 2012. The Winter Fancy Food Show, which ended Jan. 17, is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast, with 80,000 products on display from 1,300 exhibitors from the U.S. and 35 countries. The trends are: Pickling 2.0
Seeds and Grains
Gluten-Free Grows Up
Coconut Cracks Open
Ancient Grains
Other trends identified at the Winter Fancy Food Show include cocktail mixes, chai, fig, savory sweets, mindful snacks such as raw bars, bean chips and seaweed. The trendspotters were Stephanie Dean, Sunset Magazine; Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker; Nancy Wall Hopkins, Better Homes & Gardens; Kara Nielsen, CCD Innovation; Evan Orensten, Cool Hunting; Jennifer Pelka and Ruth Reichl, Gilt Taste; Denise Purcell, Specialty Food Media; Kalena Ross, Blackboard Eats; Stephanie Stiavetti, contributor to NPR, KQED, Huffington Post; Susie Timm, Girl Meets Fork; and Joanne Weir, PBS television host, cookbook author and chef.
© 2012 Stagnito Media. All rights reserved.
|