It's a new year, a new decade, and a new cuisine. After a month dedicated to detox, it's time to get up to speed with the culinary trends of 2020.
1 - Declare war on food waste and reduce waste.
Gone are the family sizes and over-packaged products. To avoid having to throw out out-of-date products on a regular basis, we shop more often, buying only what we're going to use in the next few days. We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market or via short circuits to avoid supermarket bags and trays, and for our tea, cereals, pasta, cookies, nuts etc. we opt for bulk.
2 - Drink more and more... without alcohol!
Have you taken up the Dry January challenge? Now you can keep it up. Drinking less is the trend for 2020. Bars and restaurants are getting in on the act, too, and offering more and more alcohol-free cocktails on their menus. From now on, "sober is the new cool".
3 - The explosion of the vegan diet.
More respectful of the environment and animal welfare, and better for your health, it's more than popular these days. And with so many alternatives to animal products on offer, there's plenty to tempt you.
4 - We don't eat meat.
Not ready to adopt a 100% plant-based diet? Let's cut the steak in half and become flexitarian in 2020. In other words, eat meat less often, but eat quality meat. And that's just as well, because smoked, roasted or grilled seafood, fish, fruit and vegetables are also delicious on the barbecue.
5 - A richer diet.
Of course, it's not a question of eating more fat, but of opting for products based on wholemeal flours, which are richer in fibre, vitamins and minerals than refined "white" flours, from which the grain husk containing all these trace elements has been removed. We also think about varying cereals and legumes: quinoa, rye, spelt, rice, buckwheat, corn, lupin, lentils, chickpeas...
6 - Ciao to aperitif dinners and hello to unique dishes.
Homemade food is all the rage, and more and more of us are starting - or at least trying - to cook. And in 2020, we're getting straight to the point by offering our guests a unique dish.
7 - Back to the recipes of yesteryear.
Local cuisine, family traditions and culinary secrets handed down from generation to generation are what's hot this year. We're going back to our roots and reinterpreting the recipes of our parents and grandparents. But beware of the ecological emergency: classics such as shepherd's pie or lasagne are being given a new twist by replacing meat with vegetable proteins.
8 - An introduction to Japanese cuisine.
To keep pace with the upcoming Olympic Games, which will be held in Tokyo in summer 2020, we're getting out our chopsticks to sample dishes typical of this rich and varied yet healthy gastronomy. Enjoy bentos, ramens, gyozas or yakitoris, all of which you can make yourself.
Discover our homemade recipes:
9 - We eat local and seasonal produce.
Visit producers, AMAPS, beehives and other short-circuit businesses to buy seasonal food produced as close as possible to our plates. Discover the list of winter seasonal produce.
Happy New Year, and bon appétit!
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