Gourmet's What's Next 2004. Their list includes black rice, serrano ham, celery (???), steamed buns, "stack of stars" (Time Warner's food court), slow food, raw food. . .
Still thinking Japanese this week. . .
Via Chanpon.org, Eric Gower's Breakaway Japanese Kitchen, an unorthodox and accessible approach to Japanese home-cooking.
Listen to his interview on NPR's KQED. And, be sure to spend some time perusing his excellent website, Eric's Kitchen. I particularly enjoyed these two essays, Why I Like Chopsticks, Even for Ice Cream and On Salt and Pepper.