Originally Posted by
JerryFF
Have you noticed how, all of a sudden, certain dishes start to appear widely in so-called fine dining restaurants - dishes that were relatively rare or mundane.........
Do you have others like this? I guess someone starts a trend and then, especially if it's a "celebrity" chef, everyone copies.
Certainly the celebrity chef, then leading to critics and bloggers all contribute to viral spread of copied dishes. Many of Thomas Keller's dishes (including mac n cheese) have been copied.
Another reason is that chefs are taking traditional and forgotten (depending on cuisine) ingredients and re-acquainting people with new interpretations. Pork belly, which traditionally in many of the world's cuisines was peasant food: filling and tasty, has been elevated to haute cuisine and is found in countless mid to upscale restaurant menus.