If you’ve been following the 2015 food trends then you already know that diners are more frequently opting to eat out in restaurants that consistently offer fresh, locally sourced produce, and local meats that are grass-fed and hormone/antibiotic free. You know, too, that craft beers are topping the dining scene, and that wine tasting is…
It used to be, in foodservice, that chefs from fine-dining establishments would set the trends, and those trends would then trickle down to other food segments. Or conversely there was fast food, which was available to those who needed to eat on the run, in a hurry, or inexpensively. But now things are changing, as…
Food halls are the latest culinary movement spreading across the United States. In a sense, food halls take us back to a time before there were supermarkets, before there were convenience stores and drive-thrus, back to a time when locally sourced, artisanally crafted was the prime way to buy and consume. So what, you may…
For many, eating locally is a necessity—underdeveloped countries simply don’t have the means to eat any other way. But North Americans have grown accustomed to globally sourcing such foods as oranges or raspberries, lettuce, and even oysters, eating them year round because modern farming techniques and transportation allow for it. In recent years, though, diners…