"2005 lists" news and stories

Pecorino with peppercorns from the Eastbank Farmer's Market, August.

I didn't keep track, but I must have eaten thousands of dishes in 2005, and tried hundreds of new foods. While I won't admit to how large a percentage "toast with peanut butter" and "breakfast: one cookie, one coffee" were in my personal dietary pie chart, I will offer up some of the unarguable highlights. The following is a photo essay on some things that warmed my stomach oh-so-well in 2005.

Marinated salmon and onion with citrus and cucumber, Tani's Sushi, November.

Crisp, melting, sweet, tangy, citrusy, flavorful, refreshing. One of my favorite dishes in the city.

Food trends aren't sudden and flashy like the styles clothing or iPods; they tend to ebb and flow; few foods gain universal acceptance, few ever die out entirely. The trends of one year will overlap with those from the year before. You'll see many of these on the lists of 2004 and 2006, and probably a few on 1952, 2035. There were some undeniably 2005 phenomena, like cold sake and sous vide. Others are just a bit more hip this year than last.

The food fashions of 2005 run the gamut from the saucy to the silly to the sublime. Our ratings? They're completely subjective. Let us know what you think.