Spatula Diaries by Maggie Heyn Richardson – Looking back and forward: culinary trends

OK, this is it. The end of the year—time to see how we fared as a community, culinary-wise. As was the case nationwide, one of the biggest continuing food trends in Baton Rouge in 2011 was the explosion of dispense-your-own yogurt shops capitalizing on the consumer hunt for healthier sweets. Demand for food trucks was still riding high, enough to welcome newcomerslike Salivation Station, Geaux-Yo (yes, with frozen yogurt) the Cuban Connection and FRESH, a wheels-only version of the quick-serve salad restaurant inside the Main Street Market. Read more…