By: Lubna Rizwan
Trends by definition come & go, and they affect every aspect of our lives from our hair styles to decorate our living rooms. But just like perms & mullets, there are certain trends from the food world that we forget about completely.
For all the ones that were actually good ideas that have stood the best of time like brunch in the 1970’s there was also no shortage of absolute clunkers like jell – o – moulds, whose popularity defies explanation.
Caesar’s salad became a popular dish in 1920’s thanks to it being the star menu item at a Tijuana resturant run by caesar cardini.
In 1930’s apple pie & Ritz crackers were famous and the other food item was meatloaf. 1950’s was the bright future ahead with modern technology trending to create trendy foods gelatine based dishes & salads.
1960’s were more of fondues meatballs, beef chops & Zucchini bread.
1970’s did brunch with its hottest brunch dish quiche which people still like to savour, pasta & spaghetti served with a variety of cheese & meats. For 1980’s I would give the award to Risotto a popular dish. 1990’swas much of fat free no matter how much sugar & Chemicals were in the food as long as it was low carbohydrates & fat free it was considered healthy.
The year 2000 was dominated by cupcakes smoothies, sliders, burgers pizzas et al.
The year 2010 was all about food trucks gluten free, vegan restaurants, seafood, creativity and what not & they show no sign of slowing down.
