North of Israel and south of Turkey on the east side of the Mediterranean Sea lies the little country of Lebanon. Smaller in square miles than Connecticut, Lebanon has a savory, fresh cuisine inspired from the Ottoman Turks influence and the French control which took place after WWI until 1946. Lebanese cuisine is often lumped…
With so much information being thrown daily at consumers at a rapid-fire pace, it’s any wonder that they have time or the desire to read anything let alone a food label. But read labels they do—at a dizzying rate. Whether it’s looking for confirmation of health or justification for indulgence, consumers have become avid readers…
If you’re anything like us, you’re knee deep in projects for 2018 and beyond. On the home front though, the holidays are just around the corner and we thought it might be fun to take a look at 2017 holiday cookie trends, cookies across the world and some limited-edition flavors you might find as you…
Vinegar, sugar, salt. Acid, sweet, seasoning. When combined with water these ingredients become magic, and become a brine party for pretty much any vegetable imaginable. Peter Piper knew it and today, chefs, consumers, mixologists all are obsessed with pickling. Forty percent of all menus boast some sort of pickle which is 15% more than four…
If you’re a kid in the U.S., chances are your mom packed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in your lunchbox. Peanut butter was easy on the pocketbook, held up in most locker and backpack situations and even survived an accidental smooshing or two. A 20th century invention, peanut butter and jelly was first mentioned…
Remember George Jetson’s maid, Rosie the Robot? Back in the day, consumers wanted their own Rosie who could press a button and a delicious dinner was on the table faster than they could open a cookbook. Now, thanks to the new wave of delivery sites, Rosie is the phone in your pocket that can get…
Just reading the header above is something we might have never imagined happening. More than ever, consumers are embracing the idea of plant-based eating. It happened gradually—adding more fruits and vegetables to diets became a goal for many health-conscious consumers as did eating more protein largely because of protein’s role in developing a lean, healthy…
Pictures are louder than words—an idiom the 700 million users of Instagram wouldn’t dispute.1 And pictures related to food might just be as tasty as eating. There are over 230 million #food posts on Instagram and about 60 million posts each for the tag #yum and #delicious. Regardless how many posts there are, it’s clear…
When a city like New York, home to thousands of Italian restaurants, averages more searches related to Turkish cuisine than it does Italian food, it’s time to sit up and take notice.1 Turkey is a veritable patchwork quilt of Mediterranean flavors and ingredients because of its location between Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, and Iran. In the…
Tortellini, ravioli, bao, empanadas, kreplach, pierogi are stuffed packages containing wonderful worldly cuisines that translates to “dumpling.” These dumplings are just a few of the many that consumers balance on forks, spoons and chop sticks. If we are to believe Google Trends (and let’s face it, why wouldn’t we?), American consumers love dumplings. The interest…
