Sriracha
Sriracha—the “spicy rooster sauce”—picks up heat on menus as popularity rises for this Asian condiment. It’s adding a fiery punch to the usual stir-fries, soups, noodles and BBQ sauces, but also showing up in fine-dining seafood dishes, cocktails, sandwiches and sweets.
Consumer Trends
Southern comfort
Nobody does comfort food quite like the South. The current popularity of Southern cooking taps into the need for comfort combined with our cravings for American regional delights.