Food Trend Changes

in the past 10 years.

http://www.chow.com/blog/2009/12/y2k-dot-com-party-sushi-and-vodka-luges/

by Lessley Anderson, editor at CHOW.com

1999 2009 Sushi everywhere: Mountains of shrimp at dot-com parties, oyster and raw bars galore Fish endangered: Bluefin tuna extinct by 2012, shrimp farming now recognized as environmentally terrible, salmon fisheries close Atkins diet: People eating meat to lose weight Skinny bitches: Veganism as diet trick Cell phones: Use in restaurants debated Cell phones: Ubiquitous Smoking: Still allowed in NYC restaurants No smoking: Not anymore! Starbucks: Killing indie coffeehouses Independent roasters: Kicking Starbucks' ass Asian fusion/overblown food: Ahi tuna tartare towers Italian, rustic, simple: Country grits, egg on pizza, braises, pie Appletinis: Cocktails were froufrou and candy-colored Manhattans: Cocktails are manly, classic, made from brown spirits Webvan: Get your groceries delivered in under half an hour! Farmers' markets: Browse in a leisurely fashion for local lettuces Triple-distilled vodka: High-tech and free-flowin', mixed with Red Bull to fuel late-night programming/raving Beer: Craft ales, made by hand Reservation-only restaurants Pop-up restaurants, street food Expensive wine Half-off wine nights, box wine Fine linens Hand-woven rustic napkins and recycled materials Not many people eating organic Walmart sells organic food Restaurant names reflect hubris: Paragon, Vertigo, Mc2 Restaurant names are humble: Dirt Candy, Farm, Flour + Water We wanted exotic: Thai satay, imported caviar and rum, anything Asian fusion We want local: Restaurants list which farms things come from on menus, consumers want to know where their meat was raised Eating dinner at your desk, ordered in by the boss while launching your dot-com Out of work, learning to cook and can tomatoes at home Catered parties: With wasabi mashed potatoes in martini glasses Butchering demonstrations and home-picklin' classes Blogger.com launched: Food blogs start up Food blogs blamed for death of Gourmet Eating free food at dot-com launch parties Freeganism and gleaning: Dumpster diving and stealing your neighbors' fruit thrives in the economic downturn