What Food Trend Do You Want to See Die?

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Apr 12th 2011 @ 11:00AM

C'mon, admit it. We all love food, but sometimes a fad hits critical mass and you wish it would just disappear. Maybe it's the bacon craze, or the precious (and overpriced) cupcake hoopla that has you rolling your eyes. The editors over at Serious Eats have sparked a lively discussion about what trends they'd like to see go away forever. What's your pick?

Read the full story at Serious Eats.

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Food News
Tags: food fads, food trends

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

4-12-2011 @11:24AM savorysconnie said... i'd like to see a stop to the "greenwashing" of all our foods. words like "all natural" and "organic" mean absolutely nothing any more.

i'd also like to see Serious Eats up and running again...
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4-12-2011 @12:49PM Mike Lieberman said... I too would like to see an end to the BS marketing and labels that go on to foods. Would love to see that trend die.
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4-13-2011 @7:33AM Sally said... I'd like to see an absence of food trends!
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4-13-2011 @2:14PM Karl Wilder said... BAD cupcakes. I remember speaking with a woman about her desire to take Magnolia Cupcakes to Greece. I asked her WHY?

They are truly awful, dry flavorless bits of garbage.

Why would anyone want to inflict that on Greece?
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4-13-2011 @2:47PM Matt said... Whole wheat anything needs to go away. Nearly 100 years of governments singing praises for this stuff has only increased cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity many-fold.
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