Top 10 Restaurant Trends for 2014 Recipe

I told you I’d be talking a lot about trends. It’s that time of year when all the predictions come out — and this time the 2014 trends list is from Technomic, a foodservice research and consulting firm based in my hometown of Chicago. Technomic believes 2014 may be the year that carbs make a comeback, pork becomes the new protein star and grazing gets even bigger. Here’s a look at their top 10 restaurant trends for 2014:

Convince me it’s real.

People want real, at home and when dining out. Technomic predicts menus will be listing not only the ingredients but also where they came from and how they were prepared. Authenticity will be increasingly important. For instance, if a restaurant promotes itself as authentically…