Y&H has a fascination with folks who like to predict future dining/eating trends. They're a bit like soothsayers and snake-oil salesmen, but with better job titles. The perky people over at the Food Channel sent me this particular batch of predictions, most of which seem obvious and maybe even outdated. I don't know much about the [...]

Baum + Whiteman has been a restaurant consulting group since the '70s. The dudes know a few things about the hospitality biz, so when the company releases its annual food and dining trends for the coming year, restaurateurs tend to listen. (Or razz B+W for predicting "tongue" meat would become huge.) Restaurateurs may want to [...]

Baum + Whiteman, the self-described "world's pre-eminent food + restaurant consulting company," has predicted the top 13 trends we can expect to see next year in the increasingly fragile hospitality industry. B+W warms up to its list with this caveat: "The global economic meltdown is forcing profound changes in the hotel and restaurant world. Costly [...]