Food Trends Cartoons

Mother Nature's Health Foods

"It's kohlrabi, the next hot vegetable."

"It was worth waiting four months for a reservation."

"Here's some baby spinach - from my soil to your plate."

"Can you reinvent the classic grilled cheese for me?"

"Is the hamburger innovative?"

"People don't care what they're eating as long as they're the first ones to eat it."

"Everybody's doing quinoa—at least Kamut still has a nice grainier-than-thou quality."

"Flax is this years tofu."

"Sometimes I fear that wheat germ has been lost in the health-food shuffle."

"Who shaves the fennel in your family?"

"My aged cheddar died!"

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."

"I use broccoli rabe as a litmus test."

"This is sort of my little homage to the American farm woman."

"What do you have that's rich in antioxidants?"

Au Naturel Restaurant

"Is that with or without goat cheese?"

"I wondered what would come after Cajun and sushi."

"Here's to us, kid—and the healing powers of raw juices."

Gentrification of the Fridge.

"May I recommend the Roast Free-Range Chicken with Sage-and-Celery Stuffing and real Pan Gravy?"

Popeye Switches to Kale.

"Your check, on a bed of polenta."

"In local news: On Columbus Avenue today, a new cuisine mysteriously sprang up, flourished for a few hours, then just as mysteriously disappeared."