Smoke Archives - Culinary Culture

07.12

New Menu Items December 2020

Smoke & Spice Define December’s New Menu Items December is here, which means we’ve got your last New Menu Items spotlight for the year. It’s been a wild one, but I’m happy to say we end on a familiar note. Of all the trends 2020 has seen, smoke and spice have been a thread tying

03.02

All Hail the Gastropub

2020 Looks to be the Year of the Gastropub On a previous blog we discussed the Fastest Growing Restaurant Concepts in America, one of which being the gastropub (or brewpub). Here we are now in 2020, and it looks as if gastropubs are still on track to be one of, if not the, fastest growing

27.03

Food Trend Series: Free the Fire

Food Trend: The Flavors of Fire Reign Supreme Today’s introduction of the food trend series looks at fire and smoke. It would seem that the love of smoke and fire have finally been accepted by the mainstream. Need proof? Check out Little Caesars latest release of the Smokehouse Pizza, topped with brisket, pulled pork, and

26.12

Food Trends: Izakayas

Izakayas: The Japanese Gastropub Don’t know what izakayas are? You’re about to. Japanese cuisine provides us with a large variety of foods that continue to engage our imaginations and our palates. The prevalence of sushi and ramen has paved the way for more unfamiliar Japanese fare to make inroads into the American diet. Such fare