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February 2, 2020 by
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The Unicode Consortium, the group that approves all new emojis, has announced eight new food emojis set for release in March in Unicode Version 13.0. The new symbols are blueberries, an olive, a green bell pepper, flatbread, tamale, a Swiss fondue pot, teapot, and bubble tea. Not making the cut again this year: white wine. Sorry, Chardonnay lovers. Don’t expect to see the new emojis right away, says the Consortium. Depending on your platform or device, they may not appear until September or October.

Yotam Ottolenghi acolytes – or any cook who takes themselves too seriously – may want to skip this next link. It’s to a New Yorker article that pokes fun at the complexity of some Ottolenghi recipes. If you aren’t afraid of satire that might hit close to home, give it a read.

Move over champagne, there’s a new sparkling sheriff coming to town. While French champagne has long enjoyed a reputation as the best bubbly available, their centuries of dominance may be coming to a close. Due to climate change, growing conditions in parts of the UK now closely resemble the historical conditions in the champagne region in France. This had led to better harvests and some fantastic sparkling wine in the UK – so good, in fact, that in a 2016 blind tasting, tasters preferred the UK bubbly to the French variety.

Products at Trader Joe’s can develop a loyal following. The revered retailer recently announced the results of its Customer Choice Awards. Each year Trader Joe’s asks its customers to write in with their favorite product. They recently revealed the top five, which included TJ’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups, cauliflower gnocchi (really?), and in the number one spot: Everything but the Bagel Seasoning.

Late last year we reported on several predictions for food in 2020, mainly covering the US and Europe, and now we can add Australia to the mix. Gourmet Traveller has compiled a list of food and travel trends for the upcoming year. Japanese food, indigenous ingredients, zero waste cooking, and bar stools made the grade, among other items.

Photo of Classic Champagne cocktail from BBC Food

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  • Jane  on  February 2, 2020

    I hardly ever shop at Trader Joe’s, partly because there isn’t one conveniently close, but also because I don’t usually find much I want to buy. However I do have and use the Everything but the Bagel Seasoning so I can understand how that was their #1 product if even their non-customers buy it.

  • LeilaD  on  February 3, 2020

    That New Yorker parody was hilarious! Both my partner (who does not cook at all and kept asking me “Is that a thing?”) and I almost died laughing.

  • MarciK  on  February 3, 2020

    The New Yorker article was funny. I take issue with a lot of chef’s cookbooks for this, but my experience with Ottolenghi is that he’s not the worst of them for making overly complex recipes with hard to find ingredients.

  • Rinshin  on  February 3, 2020

    Love TJ. Good prices and quality on their dairy products. Buy nothing but TJ brand yogurts. Love their pizzas from Naples. Very cheap and good quality. I add 3-5 additional items on their pizzas and we get two large pizzas of our own taste preference for less than $10. Good and reasonable prices on cheese. Bagged spinach and other greens are also good. Staff are always very helpful and friendly.

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