Monthly Archives: January 2011

Go greens!

By infood | Published: January 18, 2011

In the dead of a long, cold winter, nothing reminds me of summer more than a fresh green salad bursting with flavorful ingredients. As a self-professed salad snob, I readily admit that I’m picky about my greens. If a restaurant serves up a sad plate of brown-tinged iceberg, I’m a little less than forgiving. Fortunately, [...]

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2010/2011 Trendspotting

By infood | Published: January 17, 2011

It’s that time of year again, to look back on the old and towards the new. With that in mind, the IN crowd decided to recap the food trends of 2010 and predict what we think will be big in 2011. 2010 – Year of the Glutton. Surprisingly, many of the fads last year, although [...]

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Mobile Marketing – Finding The Sweet Spot

By infood | Published: January 5, 2011

Let’s face it. We love our phones. We talk, text, surf, tweet, post, check-in, schedule, update and play on them every single day. (And possibly in the middle of the night when insomnia strikes.) And let’s also face the fact that we love to eat. The extra pounds we put on over the holidays are [...]

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Mamma mia! It’s National Spaghetti Day!

By infood | Published: January 4, 2011

Fun fact: Spaghetti was first invented by the Chinese, but brought to popularity in Italy after Marco Polo brought the recipe back to Europe from one of his expeditions during the 13th century.

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A Fishy Tale

By infood | Published: January 3, 2011

Ahhh, lutefisk… that once a year tradition in many Norwegian-America homes. My family happens to be one of them, and we come from a long line of lutefisk eaters. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this foreign delicacy, lutefisk (lewd-uh-fisk) is dried cod fish that has been soaked in lye for several days [...]

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