{"id":668,"date":"2010-01-07T07:39:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topmomblog.com\/?p=668"},"modified":"2017-02-03T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:47:07","slug":"five-unexpected-food-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/five-unexpected-food-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Unexpected Food Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recently I read an article by Joanna Prisco<\/a> about \u00a0five Unexpected<\/em> food trends sweeping America. \u00a0I’m naturally drawn to articles about food because:<\/p>\n (1)\u00a0I love food, (2) I love to eat, (3) I love to cook, and (4) I am constantly looking for material for the cooking blog I now find myself writing because of #1, 2, and 3. \u00a0It’s possible that you’ve noticed one or two of these trends and even more likely that you’ve succumbed to one of them.<\/p>\n Cupcakes have literally swept the nation – bakeries totally dedicated to cupcakes<\/a> have popped up in every major urban area, there are blogs devoted to cupcakes<\/a>, there are cupcake cookbooks, and cupcakes have even upset wedding cake protocol as many brides and grooms are skipping the traditional tiered wedding cake in favor of the cute, no fork-required, delectable cupcake.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> Even though, or maybe because, the economy is tight, \u00a0cooking classes have never been hotter. \u00a0Retail stores like Sur La Table, Williams-Sonoma<\/a>, and Ikea offer free classes to thrifty home chefs who want to learn the basics quickly. \u00a0They also offer more specialized classes for a fee for classes such as fresh pasta-making, knife-handling skills, or American classics. \u00a0Would-be chefs are flocking to professional cooking schools such as Le Cordon Bleu, where according to Ms. Prisco’s article, enrollment is way up across the nation. <\/span><\/p>\n Here in southern California, we’re familiar with the mobile food trucks, OK I’ll say it: roach coaches, that provide breakfast and lunch to industrial parks and areas with a heavy concentration of office buildings. \u00a0Now, mobile food trucks have gone gourmet and these purveyors of inventive street-side special are using Twitter to alert followers to their locations and create a feeding frenzy. \u00a0Hungry lunchtime diners consider this gourmet street fare the equivalent of a restaurant lunch without the hassles of driving, traffic, and parking and at a fraction of the cost. \u00a0Wildly popular in Los Angeles, and beginning to venture into Orange County is Kogi Korean-BBQ<\/a>. \u00a0Other gourmet food trucks that make the rounds in Los Angeles are Sprinkles Cupcake Van, Green Truck – organic fare, good for you and good for the planet , Let’s Be Frank – grass-fed beef hot dogs and brats, and the Fish Lips Sushi Truck. For the twitter addresses of these and other \u00a0listings, click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n1. \u00a0Cut the Cupcake <\/span><\/h2>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n2. Cooks Hit the Books<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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3. Gourmet Food Trucks<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n