Last week’s episode of The A.V. Club Hosted By John Teti was all about food trends. What are food trends, and what makes some foods trendier than others? Why can’t, say, oatmeal be trendy? Well first off, it is, and secondly, what I’ve learned by making this episode, is that food trends, like their fashion brethren, come and go by the will of the tides. That’s right! It’s the moon cycles that determined why we’re all eating purple food right now. Come another major eclipse you’re going to be embarrassed by all those turmeric shots you’ve been downing. But then again, you probably won’t! You’ll be a toxin-free individual by that point and won’t register regret as an emotion. I congratulate you.
I am not a trendy eater myself. This is evidenced by all the food I have eaten so far today. For breakfast I had a Clif Bar (in Chocolate Brownie flavor) and some coconut water (electrolytes!). For lunch I had an Amy’s Frozen Lasagna and a strawberry-lemonade popsicle then another strawberry-lemonade popsicle. So when investigating what foods were on trend, I turned to my most trusted group text and asked them what the cool kids were eating. (Note: These young folks live in New York City so you can trust these picks are the freshest, most exciting, and most exhilarating foods you’ll find anywhere.)
The responses I got:
- matcha
- soft serve
- grain bowls
- poke
I performed exactly zero research on all four, and am delivering to you now my in-depth explanations of each.