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EPICURIOUS REVEALS 2005 BEST & WORST FOOD TRENDS

NEW YORK, December 22, 2005 – Epicurious, the premier food Web site, has issued its list of 2005's best and worst food trends and happenings.

Some of the wonderful things that happened in the world of food (and drink) this year:

• The Death of Fancy Raw Cuisine: Chefs across the country came to their senses in 2005.

• Wines from South Africa: Delicious blends from the tip of Africa (Chenin Blanc and Pinotage) became more readily available throughout the U.S. this year.

• The Demise of the Atkins Diet: The Company filed for bankruptcy this summer. Long live bread and pasta!

• Cooking Like a Chef: Several good cookbooks designed to help home cooks turn out recipes from top chefs came out this year.

For the complete list of the top 15 best trends log onto:
http://www.epicurious.com/features/news/dailydish/122005

Some of the unlucky things that happened in the world of food this year:

• Ridiculous health claims on junk food: sugar-coated cereal made with whole grains and candy bars aren't good for you, despite what the label says.

• Christmukkah: While some find this newfangled holiday charming, others agree with the staffer who said, "There's enough bad fusion food out there."

• Las Vegas as the New Culinary Hot Spot: They have more than enough fancy restaurants where the chef's name is on the menu, yet you'll never find him behind the stove.

• The Michelin Man's Arrival in the U.S.: New York can do without a guide that calls Shea Gallante a girl and gives profiles of the city's neighborhoods that sound as if they were written by a visitor from 19th-century Europe.

For the complete list of this year's worst food trends log onto: http://www.epicurious.com/features/news/dailydish/121905

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