Spatula Diaries: 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,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “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.” Click here to find out what Maggie suspects restaurants will be serving up in 2012.