All month, magazines and blogs have abuzz with forecasts for the 2009 food year. Some take their roles as psychic seriously, others skewer and flame-broil the whole concept. I, for one, find both approaches pretty entertaining. Whether earnest or facetious, most lists include something about fad diets and sustainability, as well as at least a couple recession-related predictions, whether that means home cooking or casual restaurants. Bacon, yet again, figures into more than one list.Enough summary. Here are the links:
From the serious...
- Gourmet presents its picks in slide-show form.
- Food and Wine sticks to restaurants.
- Epicurious says what is the new whatever.
- A blog called Eat Me Daily revisits and reviews last year's picks from Epicurious.
- Also from the blogosphere, Fine Furious Life weighs in.
- Serious Eats belies its name.
- Frank Bruni and Kim Severson unknit their collective brow in the Diner's Journal blog.
- Food Marathon, in my opinion, wins the day with their hilarious photo-enhanced shenanigans.
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