Ridiculous Food Predictions for 2009
The prognosticators are coming forth fast and furious with the Food Trends 2009™ listicles. Josh "Mister Cutlets" Ozersky takes the piss out of them, stepping into character as "Gastrodamus," with predictions for the coming year:
- Chefs with diminishing revenue streams will seek to diversify their incomes by seducing wealthy widows
- 2009 will be the year of the spork, as restaurants seek to reduce costs by eliminating a piece of unnecessary silverware. In the highly competitive casual dining sector, buckets and troughs will become increasingly popular
- The Farm-to-Table will be replaced by the Sysco-to-Table model, once everyone figures out that diners have no way of knowing where their string beans are coming from
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2 Comments:
These predictions are not so far fetched. I know one "chef" who did "Sysco to table" back in the early 90's. And he gladly admitted it to his culinary students. However, not surprisingly, his restaurant failed.
beth1 at 1:14PM on 12/02/08
Now, those are food trends for 2009 I can believe in.
gwong at 3:53PM on 12/02/08