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Trend Tuesday Round Up Wrap Up

To wrap up our Trend Tuesday thread, we've got the final responses from the January Round Up Crew to the question:

What upcoming trend are you most interested in?

Some trendspotters were recently reporting Korean food will take center stage this year - we're interested to see what comes up.  Would be especially interesting to try North Korean food (we saw a special on Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie where someone's grandmother, who was from North Korea, made some traditional dishes).
Tasting Toronto We're Mark Rodas and Stacey Fowler - Two Torontonians who love food!

 

Shawarma made a big splash throughout the 90s, and then Vietnamese Pho grew in prominence throughout the naughties. Now Korean cuisine seems to be the next up-and-comer in town. Which is good. Bulgogi is yummy, and who doesn't like fermented cabbage?
Ron Cross  Food explorer, traveler, writer and CheapEater.

Vegetable ash
Rebecca LeHeup   Executive Director of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance. Lover of all local food and drink

Trend Tuesday - Conscientious Eating

One of the most common threads in the Round Up Crew's answers was conscientious eating. From talking about the famers who grew their vegetables and CSA boxes, to commenting on sustainability.  It has become more and more common to consider where your food comes from, how it's raised or grown, and its impact environmentally, and economically and its impact on you personally in terms of health, enjoyment and culture.

What upcoming trend are you most interested in?

More diners being conscientious of what they're eating and where the ingredients are coming from.
More wine drinkers becoming aware of locally made juice.
Suresh Doss -- I spend a lot of time eating and drinking in Ontario, and documenting my experiences through various mediums.

I hope that there's a continued trend of connecting to the source of our food, such as foraging, gardening, visiting farms, or participating in a CSA. I also want to see more people on the quinoa train! I have friends who'd never heard of it until they met me. 
Andrea Toole Geek, food enthusiast, blogger, tweeter.

Trend Tuesday - Sweet

Settle in with your coffee and prepare to be tempted.  Our Round Up Crew shares the trends they are most interested in and this time I've cherry picked the responses about sweet treats.

What upcoming trend are you most interested in?

Salty sweets!
Sarah Ramsey Home cook & baker, infrequent food blogger & Tweeter, lover of food and good books about food.

Pie! I'm much more interested in pie than cupcakes so I'm happy to see this trend take off. Plus there's something so small-town romantic about walking into a pie shop and ordering a pie. I've never done it so I'm looking forward to the opportunity. 
Yasmin Seneviratne   Publisher of LeSauce.com, recipe developer, and magazine veteran (and lover!)

Heirloom (heritage, antique) apples

Suzanne Long A Torontonian

Trend Tuesday - Meats

After the recent buzz about Chef Martin Picard withdrawing from Ottawa's Taste of Winterlude kick off dinner, (read Ron Eade’s piece here) we’ve decided the Trend Tuesday topic we’re going to cover is Meat! 

This post is NOT for the vegetarians and vegans out there. Avert your eyes now. (okay, it’s not really that dramatic, but I couldn’t resist)