Flavor Trends, Strategies and Solutions for Menu Development
Developing a host of trend-forward menu items while maximizing one new SKU
PAOW! has created a diverse line of plant-based products with options for those who want to add their own signature touches
Drive-thru, curbside, and carryout are surging in popularity, providing opportunities for growth now and in the future
Simple ingredients and culinary versatility make new plant-based products shine
7 trend-forward ways to leverage the power of peanuts to resonate with the next generation
Chef Michael Ponzio shares carryout inspiration and the importance of versatility in the kitchen
Decadent, delicious and perfectly tart. Watch how to make Passion Fruit Crème Brûlée
See what more Haliburton International Foods can do for your menu
Check out how simple it is to make a clean, plant-forward meat alternative using walnuts
One savvy sauce carries surprising flavor and color across multiple formats
Watch five top food pros go pan-to-pan during Walnuts@Work Live Plant-Forward cooking competition
Join our chefs as they discuss how smoked meats can help your carryout menu.
Rice offers familiarity, functionality and satiety for consumers eager to explore plant-based options
Join our chefs as they discuss how smoked meats can help your carryout menu.
Zoe’s Crush: where toffee, almonds, toasted sesame, candied ginger, Peruvian chocolate and a hint of miso come together for a delicious and deeply satisfying cookie
Grapes showcase the culinary treatments making fruit a menu star
Jamie Simpson, executive chef of CVI, shares 10 ways to use honey in trend-forward applications, providing thought starters for each
Flavor-packed global mash-up handheld brings the sweet heat
How to craft small-batch housemade kombucha using The Perfect Purée’s premium fruit purées.
Incorporating distinctly Southeast Asian ingredients into sandwiches, soups and stir-fry dishes is a great way to introduce patrons to a new world of culinary adventure
Why Chef Gus Martin loves cooking with beef, including flavor profiles and aging, as well as his favorite cuts.
Answer the call for nutrient-rich dishes that power menus
Add richness of flavor and gorgeous color to sauces, glazes and more
Barton Seaver demonstrates how to use a king salmon from nose to tail for maximum profitabiility
What is it about BBQ that makes it so universally loved? Smithfield Culinary asked its select group of pitmasters to explain
10 dynamic, menu-ready builds and how to leverage them, brought to you by Minor's
How Chef Gus Martin Creolizes beef with the use of seasoning blends, sauces and accompaniments that give beef authentic Creole flair
Blueberries paired with savory, acidic or herbaceous elements surprise and delight diners
Chef Keith Lord turns to potatoes to help carry ethnic flavors throughout a dish
Rickie Perez, Executive Chef/Founder of Logan Oyster Socials, a traveling oyster bar in Chicago, serves up a seafood pasta that is a perfect 10
We partner with Smithfield to look at today’s biggest menu opportunities that rely on pork for its popularity, familiarity, versatility and flavor
How Custom Culinary® turns trends into reality with exciting new dishes that meet your operational needs, delight your customers and exceed your expectations.
Butterball Foodservice’s Pavo Saltado demonstrates a creative way to leverage an emerging flavor trend while keeping it familiar and approachable
Chef Martin speaks to the versatility of beef: how it goes beyond center of the plate and how different portion sizes drive business at lunch and dinner.
Chef DJ Tangalin utilizes fresh, frozen and dehydrated potatoes in order to develop an incredibly delicious gluten-free menu
Dinner theatre — by way of Dubai — is pure extravagance, and has a definite place in modern foodservice
A classic plant-forward dish from the Levant is paired with pasta for modern comfort.
This Gluten-Free Turkey Ramen taps into trending global flavors while staying in your guests’ comfort zone
Monin has introduced bright, clean-label vegetable purées that help deliver the veg-centric trend in drinks
Chef DJ Tangalin utilizes fresh, frozen and dehydrated potatoes in order to develop an incredibly delicious gluten-free menu
One of the easiest, most cost-effective ways to elevate a popular or familiar dish is with an on-trend condiment. Here are five of the mouth-watering varieties we expect will resonate with larger audiences over the coming year.
Renowned restauranteur/chef Ray Garcia dishes on the appeal of Latin cuisine and demonstrates how to make his Yolkamole Egg Tostada
This Fettuccine Carbonara sees a luscious blend of cream, guanciale, Grana Padano cheese and rendered guanciale fat
Toppings and sauces made with DOLE® Chef-Ready Cuts and Chef-Ready Frozen Fruit Purées lend a premium touch to your menu.
Tap into trending global flavors while staying in your guests’ comfort zone
Steak is premium, but the experience doesn’t have to be formal, as stand-up steak concept Ikinari Steak demonstrates
Steak in a Cup... yes, that’s right—steak is supremely portable and snackable in South Korea’s steak stalls
With consumers showing hummus so much love, there’s an opportunity for menu differentiation through creative play in flavor combinations—both in the hummus and atop. Jorge Cespedes brings you five creative ways to top plant-based purées, lending flavor, texture and menu differentiation.
For Spokane, Washington–based chef Adam Hegsted, beef means profits across his restaurant group
Vibrant color dinnerware options from Libbey® help your one-of-a-kind plating ideas take flight, creating new looks to complement your venue’s unique character. Serve up an experience that is funky, eclectic or adventurous – and always memorable.
Amid the real concern of rising prices in an ever-changing landscape of labor, transportation, food costs and tariffs, flavor should remain every restaurant operator’s top priority.
Garner Foods donated $20,000 to hunger charities during the Texas Pete® Kitchen Hero Cook-Off.
Bowl builds are a powerhouse on menus today, and play well in a number of dayparts. Here are three ways to bean up your bowls, using plant-based ingredients to carry big flavors, satisfy hunger and provide nutrient-rich foods.
Rob Corliss, culinary consultant, translates five sustaining trends that will continue to influence dining behavior, and that require thoughtful attention when it comes to modern menu strategy.
Jorge Cespedes is consulting corporate chef for Bush’s Beans. He suggests cutting edge ways to serve beans for breakfast, has delicious ideas for seasonings for crispy garbanzo beans, and challenges chefs to see how far hummus can go.
Haliburton provides a pathway into plant-forward success through the use of scratch-made sauces.
CMAB recently unveiled a new campaign spotlighting “REAL Makers”—innovative chefs from throughout the country using California dairy in an interesting way.
How Haliburton creates create classic-technique reduction sauces ready to use.
Hispanic-style cheeses from California tap into the continuing popularity of Latin cuisine on menus today. Chefs are showcasing creativity by leveraging Hispanic ingredients in craveable, delicious dishes.
Fresh purées can wow even the most discerning palates. Fruit purées, zests and blends help chefs add precisely the right flavor to a curried ginger peach sauce, instantly transforming Moroccan chicken brochettes into a menu best-seller.
Chef Jamie, Executive Chef at The Culinary Vegetable Institute at The Chef’s Garden, brings new life to fresh potatoes with these eye catching, scrumptious dishes
Five trends Katie Sutton is watching at the National Restaurant Association conference in 2018
Potatoes help the chef tap into the veg-centric/plant-forward trend while still giving diners what they want—satisfaction, satiety and craveability
U.S. Cheesemakers dominated the World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison in 2018, and BelGioioso Cheese was awarded eight prestigious medals out of a total of 3,402 entries from 26 different nations
Watch Chef Daniel Asher of River & Woods craft an innovative twist on the classic caprese sandwich.
Five trends Kim Haasarud is watching to help you up your cocktail development, delivery, marketing and creativity game
Watch Chef Jason McLeod of Born & Raised, San Diego, CA create fresh and modern spins on classic steakhouse dishes with fresh Avocados From Mexico
Five trends Dave Woolley - Chef of Fun Things to Cook, CD Culinary Approach - is watching in 2018
Charlie Baggs's talks about his NRA 2018 Show roadmap and what trends he foresees for 2018
Chef Dan Kish of Food Fixe gives new life to dehydrated potatoes, which showcases his innovative use of dehy slices in a creative take on Tortilla Española, and dehy flakes as a delicious and gluten-free alternative breading for Chicken Milanese.
Chobani® Greek Yogurt gives baked goods a boost, especially this pillowy soft charred Indian flatbread
Kathy Casey's top five trends and concepts on the front burner of the foodservice industry in 2018.
Rob Corliss, culinary consultant, translates five sustaining trends that will continue to influence dining behavior, and that require thoughtful attention when it comes to modern menu strategy.
Greek yogurt offers a pleasing balance between acidity and richness to desserts. Use it in Greek Yogurt Icing, Frozen Greek Yogurt and Almond Panna Cotta.
Flavor Partners Showcase - how Bush's Beans' products and recipes help customers take full advantage of the vegetable-forward menu trend
Quinn Adkins introduces this go-to trifecta of cornmeal, blackberries, and Texas Pete® Honey Mustard Sauce
Avocados From Mexico opens new state-of-the-art Culinary Center which will serve to further education and culinary innovation.
Beverage specialists at Monin have tapped into two major trends that hold big opportunity in the incredibly dynamic universe of modern cocktails
In his Umami Tuna Poke, Chad Lance finds that balance by replacing soy sauce with Monin® Umami Concentrated Flavor
Leverage the power of Chobani® Greek Yogurt in a multitude of sauce applications
Enrich and embolden your seasonal soups and salad dressings with Chobani
Matthia Accurso's go-to flavor trifecta: Texas Pete Hot Sauce, Gruyère and fresh apple
Flavor Partners Showcase - Idahoan Potatoes offers shareable finger food recipes using Idahoan® Tater Tumbler Appetizer Mix
Stephanie Tyson's trifecta of milk chocolate, bourbon and CHA! by Texas Pete® Sriracha Sauce is unexpected, but certainly inviting
Over 150 million sweetener packets are consumed every day. ecoSticks makes sweeteners and their packets more socially conscious, with a 50% reduction in filler and packaging.
Mango savory toast, mango chimichurri bacon burger and mango michelada. Maximize flavor excitement and minimize labor with chef-ready frozen purées.
Hummus is having a moment. Nestlé Minor's brings you nine ways to signaturize this craveable, wholesome Middle Eastern dip.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. (“Saputo”) is pleased to introduce Great Midwest® Ghost Pepper CheddarCheese.
Ham is happening. Watch UNCUT Making the Cut to see Chef Cosmo Goss of The Publican in Chicago showcase the delicious “umami bomb”. With the National Pork Board.
