Food news antipasto

As one year rolls over into another, looking back is a natural inclination. Not content to just review the past year, Food and Wine ambitiously gazed back at the past 45 years and made a list of the biggest food trends that happened since the magazine launched in 1978. Grab a fondue pot, knock back a Tequila Sunrise, and read this list. If you are of a certain age, you’ll remember almost all of these.

Good Food (Aus) is also in a reflective mood, reviewing its top 50 vegetarian recipes for 2022. This list might come in handy for those who are looking to reduce the amount of meat they are eating next year. The list includes a wide range of recipes from to soups, salads, and hearty mains such as a frying pan quiche.

Since so many of us have made organizing and using items in our pantries our number one food-related resolution, I thought we might all learn something from the queen of organization, Marie Kondo. Epicurious recently asked her about her grocery-shopping strategy. It probably won’t surprise you that she “likes to walk into a grocery store with a clear plan and a hand-written list.”

Most food trend lists are about the trends that are expected to happen, but over at Punch, they’re going in a different direction. The editors are asking themselves the question “what drink trends need to die in 2023?” There’s some healthy debate as to what should stay and what needs to go, ranging from V-shaped martini glasses to the return of foam.

This week’s cooking tip comes to us from Tasting Table, and it involves a method that is perfect for cooking ahead or for a large group. They make the case for cooking eggs in a muffin tin (ignore the photo at the top of the article, which suggests that you put eggs in the shell into the pan). The suggestion that got my attention is that you can make poached eggs this way – my favorite way to eat them.

After the rush of the holiday season with its numerous meals, parties, and get-togethers, it’s not uncommon to have a case of the doldrums. Southern Living has the antidote, with advice on how to keep the celebration going well into the new year. They provide tips on how to throw a party in January and offer other ideas like creating a soup swap.

In case you missed yesterday’s post: New Year’s food resolutions.