11 pandemic food trends we are so over
SalonThis story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! This isn't goodbye to banana bread, overnight oats, or sourdough starter; it's just "see you in a bit, when we've had time to experiment with new things that don't remind us of March 2020." If you too are just over seeing feta pasta and espresso martinis, here's what to make instead: Banana bread We don't want to see another piece of banana bread for at least three years. Focaccia gardens Focaccia gardens — as in, the concept of arranging colorful ingredient on a proofed but unbaked tray of focaccia — are still extremely adorable, but quite frankly, we want to get to our bread faster these days, and like to keep things simple and classic. The Food52 mission statement really says it best: Our interest is "helping everyone enjoy life's most important pleasures — food, home, and connection to others."