Fashionable Food

From kale to cupcakes, learn what i€™s behind popular trends in food and drink on @AJAMStream.

The Artisans of Food & Drink – they’re not culinary school trained sophisticates, just average Americans exploring the possibilities of food & selling their creations at food trucks & craft breweries.  These 21st century ‘mom & pops’ are feeding bigger business, as trucks expand to restaurants & craft brewers employ more than 110,000 people.  Also--From boutique cupcakes and “cronuts,” to toasted and smoked spices, what makes food fashionable?  We take a look at the hidden forces propelling traditional food to trend-setting.

 

Recommended Reading

Cupcakes, bacon, kimchi: Here’s where food trends come from [Mother Jones]

Why should anyone care about food trends? [Bon Appetit]  

Our Guests

Doron Petersan (@stickyfingersdc)

Owner, Sticky Fingers BakeryCupcake Wars winner

 

David Sax (@saxdavid)

Author, Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up With Fondue

 

Matt Geller (@mattgeller)

CEO and co-founder, SoCal Mobile Food Vendors’ Association; Mobile food vendor advocate

 

Brandon Skall (@dcbrau)

Founder, DC Brau

 

Julia Herz (@HerzMuse)

Craft beer program director, Brewers Association

 

Phillip Lee (@KimchiTruck)

Founder and owner, Kimchi Taco Truck

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