Yup, in fact, the UK pizzeria chain Ask has a spin-off called Zizzi (which is hilarious if you're a French speaker) which is still rather successfully wood firing all its pizza. They're rather tasty, too.

As for at home, definitely not. Think of the carbon monoxide! If I want that, I'll get a wood fire going...

There's also Strada
http://www.strada.co.uk/

That particular 'fad' stayed the course (Jamie Oliver has been plugging them recently too)

Actually, if I have to eat chain pizza, Zizzi is my chain pizza of choice :o

This seems to be a recipe for what is also called lemon curd, at least in the US and (I believe) the UK. But I might be wrong on the second one.

I make vast amounts of lemon curd every year for friends and family, and this recipe is very similar.

For the life of me, I can't think of any food fads come 'n' gone.

Hah! Just this past August, NW served me the most delicious salad I've ever had inflight... with raspberry vinaigrette! Here's a photo. Out of 1,339 photos, it's my most popular on Flickr.

Great article in Slate today re: "Fish Foam...."
http://www.slate.com/id/2187483/

I've seen the foam thing on a few travel shows and it makes me wonder: who would pay for tiny bubbles on their food? :)

After watching a few Food Network shows, one can see when some marketing rep has made a big sale. For example, all the chefs using lamb, or all the chefs suddenly praising tofu.

I don't mind when they're all praising dark chocolate, however. ;)

Frozen Yogurt and Croissants (independently, not as a single item)
At least on the US West Coast in the 80s.

The former was huge on the East Coast, too. As American as T shirts with pockets, matched with fanny packs :D

I was there from the time of the Simpsons T Shirt Fad (:eek: I think I even bought one! :eek:) and the yoghurt fad had legs.



How easily we forget the horror!
(Around the same time, in Australia, there was the 'drink a Corona with lemon/lime in the bottle neck' fad)

:D Now there's a fad that needs to go! Sports-related use is the exception.

Now that was a good and glorious fad. Before the wedge of lime in a bottle boom limes were a hard to find commodity in Europe.

As a result of it, limes have been incorporated into mainstream Britain. This makes it so much easier to make all manner of other drinks (caipirinhas especially) and foods. Very, very useful fad.

Frozen yogurt has taken a long, long time to fully percolate into the UK and Spain. Ben & Jerry's version has only recently made it to the supermarkets here in any noticeable way.

I'm holding out for a Frozen Custard fad, I'm probably in for a long wait.

Using balsamic in cooking has now been replaced by balsamic glaze, which is a reduction made using grape must and balsamic vinegar. Glaze products are readily available to the home cook. Make sure you purchase a good brand as many are just colored sugar water. Mussini is one of the best brands available today.

Citrus has been big here since Captain Cook's success with it as a preventative/cure for scurvy. :)

Actually the Corona with lime has just reminded me of current fad here - cider (often other fruits than apples, and the alcoholic UK version such as Magners, not the non-alcoholic US version) with ice...

Isn't ice cream simply frozen custard?

(Or am I missing the point here..?)