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Dining trends for 2017, and a few to wish away
The James Beard Foundation predicts a big year for French food, sorghum, cauliflower and couch-potato dining.
We’re fresh into the new year, which means it is time for resolutions, diets and mocktails. My resolution: Just say no to resolutions, diets and mocktails. You know they won’t last. By the time Jan. 20 and a certain swearing-in rolls around, we all might be swearing off salads and be ready to kill for a three-martini, double-cheeseburger-with-duck-fat-fries lunch. So I resolve to do what I’ve always done: Seek moderation, get plenty of exercise and try anything once.
The new year also means it is time for predictions, and the fine foodie folks at the James Beard Foundation recently released a list of projected dining trends for 2017. They see a big year ahead for French food, cauliflower and delivery-only restaurants. So tap the UberEats app and order up some cauliflower bourguignon, or something like that. The following is a rundown of some predicted trends, along with my take.
Vive la France! The Beardies predict a renaissance in classic French cuisine, noting top-flight arrivals in Los Angeles and New York. In Miami Beach, we have seen the recent opening of Paris 6 Bistro (2200 Collins Avenue, 305-363-6806), a 24-hour eatery where you can always get steak au poivre or tuna nicoise. This being South Florida, it should come as no shock that the restaurant is actually part of a Brazilian chain, its first outpost in the U.S. My take: The angry, petulant days of freedom fries seem so last decade. Let’s raise a glass of Dom Perignon, because it’s time to Make Bouillabaise Great Again! Cauliflower blossoming: Stick a fork in kale. The Beard Foundation sees cauliflower as the trendy veggie of the year. It’s meaty, burly and substantial, and makes for some very satisfying dishes, a blank canvas that can be chopped up as a stand-in for pasta or rice and used whole for steaks. My take: I think