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Out The Box
So what’s trending around the
world of food
Buckle your eating pants because 2016 has been and is
a year of extraordinary eating and drinking trends. With
the growing popularity of foods on social media,
technology at its peak, too many complaints of humans
eating too much meat this year has seen some of the
most awesome food trends developing. From the
flavours we crave to how we think of food, the food globe
is evolving. All you need is your fork and an appetite.

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Women are brewing

Bugs

Seaweed

Filipino Food

Chef Delivered Meals

Boys club no more!!! Beer
manufacturers have been courting
women for a few years, introducing
new types of flavours in beer as well
as new packaging but the girls have
taken it one step further. Women
are taking to the helm of the
brewing industry especially in the
U.S with beer makers such as Carol
Stoudt of Stoudt’s Brewing
Company & Nicole Courides of
intercourse Brewing Company.

Creepy-crawlies have been ‘de
rigueur’ at night markets & street
food stands for years, especially in
places like Asia and Mexico. This
year the concept has gone global.
I’m told that bugs like crickets are a
source of cheap protein… can’t quite
get around this one as a foodie
myself. A bug-focused restaurant in
the U.K. is making a splash with
cumin mealworm hummus & cricket,
mealworm & grasshopper burgers.

Seaweed is the new kale.
Japanese & other Asian culture’s
have been eating seaweed for
centuries, but western nations are
taking notice of the marine algae
for its sustainability, high nutritional content and delicious taste. Not
just good for sushi - seaweed is now
being served with fresh fruit used in
wine & beer & even haute cuisine.

Korean and Mexican food is so last
year & with global consumers
becoming bolder in their culinary
adventures the flavours of the
Filipino’s has certainly kicked off!
Filipino Food is sweet, salty and
tangy and infuse elements of
Spanish, Chinese & Malaysian food.

Ordering food for home delivery
from your favourite restaurant is so
over and done with. 2016 brought
out a new concept in home
entertainment. Have your personal
chef deliver meals to you or let chef
cook up a storm in your own kitchen

NB nevermind the fact that during medieval times in Europe,
brewing was almost exculisively a woman’s role

Bug Kitchen in Whales

(Private Chef Balito & Neill Anthony - Private Chef)

Not surprising then that Philippine Chef Margarita Fores has
been named Asia’s Best Female Chef 2016.

Seaweed is a nutritional powerhouse and in general has more
iron than red meat, more vitamin c than citrus fruit and more
vitamin D than milk.

happy trending

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