Food and Beverage Dining Trends: A Look at 2016 Buzzwords Recipe

Baum + Whiteman just released their 11 Hottest Food and Beverage Dining Trends in Restaurant and Hotels, 2016. Here’s a quick summary of the key buzzwords they identified.

Falafel appearing as vegetables in serious restaurants.

Kombucha going mainstream.

Burnt vegetables.

Nashville Hot Chicken.

Everything bagel seasoning mix.

Root-to-stalk cooking, and “vegetable forward” restaurants.

Poke. (Hawaiian poke was also a hot trend identified by Sterling Rice Group)

Paella.

Globalized ramen.

Adding seaweed to popcorn.

General Tso flavorings.

Philippine cuisine.

Alcoholic beverages in quick-service restaurants.

Food halls.

“Shack” in restaurant…