Culinary Trends

Our Chefs have been hard at work identifying trends in the kitchen and on the table! They're pleased to present three new concepts for late summer, from sweet and savory crepes to meet your expectations, refreshing seltzers to substitute in for your sodas, to the doughy, globally inspired bao buns. Let's take a closer look at what's trending and why!

CREPE EXPECTATIONS

With simple, yet delicious ingredients,crepes can appeal to your taste buds without drastically increasing your calorie count. Made from milk, eggs, and a little flour, they tend to be higher in protein and lower in carbs and are adaptable to your flavor preferences, whether savory or sweet! Summer is a great time for enjoying crepes with the wide variety of inseason fruits and vegetables. And to top it off, the only kitchen waste when making crepes are the portions of eggs, fruits, and vegetables that are not edible such as banana peels, strawberry tops, and onion peels.

FIZZY-OLOGY

Americans are drinking more and more soda, often drinking multiple per day and as such, consuming hundreds of calories in the sodas alone. A healthier alternative to traditional sodas, flavored seltzers offer the reviving and refreshing qualities of the carbonated water and natural fruity flavors without a sugar rush - or crash. With fewer calories, flavored seltzer water can be an excellent alternative to soda and other sugar-loaded drinks. Seltzers are just regular water that has been carbonated – and can be just as healthy as drinking flat water! With a little more zip and pizazz from natural flavors, they even beat diet sodas since there are no artificial sweeteners. Try some bold new concoctions with Fizzy-ology!

TAKE A BAO

Bao buns have steadily been gaining in popularity over the past ten years. The pillowy dough of the bun makes it a global comfort food and there is great flexibility in the fillings. Some of bao’s top flavors include pork, chicken, and shrimp. Bao can be an appetizer, a snack, a side, or served in multiples as a main meal.