New York , NY -- Fried beer, Eataly and Lady Gaga’s meat dress gave specialty food lovers plenty to chew on in 2010. Bustaurants emerged as the new food truck, and butchers gained celebrity status.
These are some of the 20 most influential food trends, events and news stories of the year identified by the editors of foodspring.com. foodspring is a website for food enthusiasts produced by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc. (NASFT), a not-for-profit trade association for food artisans, importers and entrepreneurs.
Also on the foodspring list:
• A-List chefs give back
• Food trucks 2.0
• D-List celebrities pitch pistachios, including Snooki and Rod Blagojevich
• Sea buckthorn berries
• iPad menu apps
• Mandatory calorie listings on menus
• Food deserts
• Eataly
• Death of Oldways founder K. Dun Gifford
• Umami in a paste
• Hyperlocal food production
• Solar-powered food trucks
• 97 Orchard Street: An Edible History
• High Times Cannabis Cookbook
• Child Nutrition Act
The complete list and stories behind each pick was posted today on foodspring.com.
