In normal times, food trends often started in restaurants, with top chefs. Maybe they got written up in food magazines or blogs.
After some time, you could find the trending ingredients on grocery store shelves.These days, the pandemic is determining how and what we eat, from quick shortcuts to slow cookers.
There's lots more home cooking, and many more family meals.Even when people do eat restaurant food, they’re often looking for familiar dishes, experts say.In general, “the trend is looking backwards rather than forwards," says Esmee Williams, who looks at where home cooking is heading for Allrecipes.com, based in Seattle.