2009 Food + Travel Predictions

Our editors and international correspondents predict what will be on our plates, in our cups, and on our agendas this year.

12.18.08
Big Beans
Let’s get this out of the way: With the economic downturn likely to continue through much of 2009, home cooking, of course, will be hot, so we’ll continue to see a rise in demand for easy, comforting recipes (if ever there was a time for the return of the casserole, this is it) and beginner cooking classes; big beans will be big (wherever you once saw baby limas, you’ll start seeing jumbo butter beans instead); and demand will increase for “necessary luxuries”—chocolate, wine, spirits, etc.—as a way for people to compensate for fewer meals out.

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