1. Citrus
Once limited to lemon bars and pastry fillings, citrus is becoming a cooking essential in everything from dressings and pastas to flavored chips and DIY limoncello. The tangy, versatile fruit offers refreshing health benefits like vitamins and zero fat, making it a great replacement for high-sodium salts and seasonings. Whether it's limes or grapefruit, zest or freshly squeezed juice, citrus is sure to brighten up the 2014 flavor forecast.
2. DIY FoodHome cooks are getting crafty in the kitchen as they take on pickling, canning, and fermenting. Whether it's DIY yogurt, pickled watermelon, or homemade sauerkraut, preserving is the perfect way to enjoy your favorite produce year-round.
3. Gastro Pub Food
2014 is putting a gourmet spin on bar basics like burgers, fries, and beer. Ordering a cheeseburger? Expect artisanal cheese and specially made sauces like aioli or chipotle mayo. Oh, and your simple side of fries will come coated in truffle oil and creamy Parmesan. As for thirst-quencing beers, menus will feature locally brewed and craft beer options.
4. Popcorn
Popcorn is more than a buttery movie snack. It's now an everyday treat and an indulgent dessert that welcomes toppings like chocolate, maple, bacon, seaweed, herbs, sea salt, and cinnamon. Healthy whole grains such as barley, bulgar, quinoa, and sorghum will also be popping on your stove top in 2014.
5. Personalized drinks
Drinks are no longer limited to water, milk, and soda. Made-to-order beverages will cater to individual palettes and provide personalized flair in 2014. Juice bars will also pop up, offering healthful and wholesome blends of fruits, veggies, and add-ins such as wheatgrass and mint. Other drink trends to expect: even more flavored waters, the rise of gin in cocktails, tea used in cooking, and the ever-popular Blue Curacao mixed drink.
6. The Whole-Food Story
Processed foods often contain unhealthy ingredients with names that sound made up. So in 2014, we're swapping long ingredients lists containing words we can't pronounce for all-natural whole foods. Whether it's buying local from the market or double-checking grocery store packages, people are paying more attention to where their food comes from and what's in it.
7. Nostalgic Sweets
The new year brings nostalgic sweets and treats to upscale dessert menus, including homemade hard candies, gumdrops, marshmallows, doughnuts, and pudding desserts of all kinds. New York City bakeries have adopted dishes like caramelized tapioca and banana bread pudding, while restaurants are shaking things up with dougnut-flavor milk shakes.
8. The return to veggies
Kale is having a moment, but it's not the only veggie we have eyes for. We're revamping childhood classics like carrots, cauliflower, and peas as they take center stage on our newly balanced plates. Look for them barbecued, broiled, raw in salads, rubbed with spices, roasted, in sandwiches, and more. Root veggies like rutabaga and parsnips are also on the rise, along with charred veggies of all kinds. Charring is the perfect way to add smoky notes to your BBQ veggies.
9. Global Foods
2014 makes way for Mediterannean and Peruvian cuisines, with dishes like hummus, polla a la Brasa (roast chicken), and fish stir-fry. Expect bold flavors from the Middle East such as sumac, za'atar, and aleppo peppers. Ramen, once a college favorite, is also trending in new incarnations.
10. Umami: The Newest Taste
Introducing the last taste: umami. Its tangy, briny flavor can be found in foods like anchovies, olives, tomatoes, cheese, and tapenades. Umami adds deep flavor dimension and a pleasant lingering finish to menu items of all kinds, from sushi and steaks to cookies and jellies.
Trends in fashion always return after some time. Similar phenomenon occurs with trends in the food industry. Consequently, we might think that what we will eat in restaurants in 2014 was already there served a couple of years ago.
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