Fruits & Vegetables

Remember when you first heard of wraps, back in the mid-1990s? They were spin-offs from the newly ubiquitous burrito, made with tortillas and filled with internationally inspired ingredients. World Wraps very well may have kicked off the trend, opening in San Francisco in 1995 after a year of research around multicultural healthful food. Wraps offered a nice alternative, and the ...

Pies didn’t originate in America, but they have an enduring appeal that has transcended far-flung borders through generations. Tried-and-true favorites continue in many forms, but retail and foodservice are seeing innovative spins on the classics, as well as new additions to the fold. And all the while, ingredients and technology are bringing manufactured pies ever-closer to the pinnacle of homemade ...

Craig “Skip” Julius is one chef who gets around. Over the years, he’s racked up countless miles on the nation’s interstates and flyways. En route, he’s learned, among other lessons, this pearl of local lore: the best place for a quality hot dog is, in fact, the Motor City.“Even though I don’t live there anymore, whenever I connect at Detroit ...

Have you ever wondered why new ingredients are created? Which comes first, the ingredient or the problem that the ingredient was created to solve? This classic chicken-or-egg question has important implications for how the ingredient is researched and ultimately marketed. Unlike finished goods sold at retail and in foodservice, industrial ingredients are more likely to come into being due to ...

Health-care reform may have bumped national food-safety legislation from the top of Congress’s agenda in 2009, but the food industry can expect a new push in 2010 to enact laws aimed at strengthening the U.S. food-protection system. Although it could be another year before regulations are promulgated, a number of additional federal efforts to modernize the nation’s food-safety system are ...