Keeping up with flavor trends while staying true to your brand is key to stability and growth.
Author: Katie Ayoub
Breathe new life into late-stage trends with creative flavors and forms
A dozen ways to reinvigorate this classic category
Chefs are staging a coup, toppling the reign of tender greens and bringing back the crunch. Driven by a more intentional approach to salad-building, romaine and iceberg are getting called up, tucking craveability and, yes, innovation, among their crisp leaves.
Thanks to the proliferation of ramen bowls, along with the new izakaya wave, chefs are discovering the flavors of comfort-forward Japanese ingredients and dishes, like karaage, katsu and okonomiyaki, promising craveable, memorable experiences.