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by Buck Reed
The
Supermarket
Gourmet
F ood T ren ds – 20 1 8 Upd at e
So, here we find ourselves in and cooking together. There are
May 2018. A full third of the more than a few companies offering
year gone. Let’s take a moment this service and many want you to
to see how we are doing so far. enter into a subscription service.
Food enthusiasts made several Another popular idea was to get
predictions as to how we would you out of the grocery stores and
be cooking today, what new get you into growing your own
ingredients we would be embracing food. With the promise of fresher
and how we would be using them. and more nutritious food at a
So, let’s take a moment to see how better price, people are going out
we are doing. of their way to make growing their
One of the big trends of last
The Supermarket year was avocados and, as an own food a reality. Be prepared for
the condescending stories of these
Gourmet ingredient it has carried over wannabe farmers as they tell you
how hard they worked to save $10
into this year as well. I have one
online friend who is looking into on those tomatoes on their salad.
using them as a healthy fat in his Along with the gardening
homemade sausage. I do not want trend is the buy local movement
to discourage him, and I hope he that everyone is embracing.
finds his key to fame and fortune Many restaurants and stores are
with this or any other ideas he may advertising local produce. It feeds
come up with. Joining the avocado into the idea that local ingredients
this year was supposed to be the are fresher and since they didn’t
jackfruit as well as an expansion travel by teamster from far away
of coconut products. I have yet to lands, they have a lower impact on
see a jackfruit in the stores, but the environment.
coconut products are trendy and One product hitting the shelves
are gluten free and could be used soon is geared toward the consumer
as both sugar and flour in baked who is not concerned about their
goods. health or general wellbeing. Cookie
One service that is drifting butter is now found in many
up is the prepackaged meal kits. specialty stores and is bound to
Everything for your recipe is bring some joy to your culinary
delivered to your front door. All the life. If it catches on half as well
ingredients are premeasured and as I think, it will probably lead to
ready to be mixed and cooked by Senate hearings, which seems to be
you. Many are marketed as getting another trend in 2018. Hopefully
you and your family back together 2019 will be more palatable.
