Food trends of the past decade: How we eat
Quick ReadFrom the evolution of Chinese restaurants and tapas to the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean scene, a lot has changed in the food world since 1999.
Photo credit: Newsday/Ana P. Gutierrez | Trendy sliders popped up on lots of menus across Long Island in the '00s.
Rules have changed over the past decade. Remember the square meal? It's given way to "small plates" (don't call them tapas anymore), to be shared and combined at whim.
General Tso's chicken at a neighborhood Chinese restaurant has become an anachronism, replaced by lettuce wraps at an Asian fusion place with neon-lit sushi bar and techno background music.
There's more; read on.
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