The Next Big Cuisine? Peruvian.

Baum and Whiteman, the renowned food & restaurant consultants, have recently published their predictions for top dining trends in the US during 2007. Trend #2 is called the Next Cuisine and points directly to… Peruvian Cuisine.

They argument that Peruvian Cuisine “is a fabulous fusion of Italian, Japanese, Indian, Spanish and indigenous cookery; it is part of the next wave of specific regional cookery; Nobu came from there; its hot, spicy, creative flavors resonate with Americans; it has a growing cadre of “new cuisine” chefs, some coming to the US, who are updating old fashioned dishes. Most importantly: There are big enough clusters of Peruvian immigrants to make their restaurants and ingredients more visible. You can now buy frozen guinea pig, an Andean delicacy, in Houston, and Inka Cola is sold on aptly named Amazon.com”.

The top 10 trends, which can be seen in complete detail here (pdf file), are: 1. Health and wellness; 2. The Next Cuisine; 3. Chocolate - Health and Exotica; 4. Sensory Deception; 5. Bellies are Big; 6. Ethical Eating; 7. The Izakayas are Coming; 8. Chef Driven Steakhouses; 9. Burgers with Pedigrees; 10. Salt.

Bon Appétit, America!

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