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Edible Trends [1]

Fiction [2]
1.11.17

Wraps, bubble tea, pork belly, kale, elaborate hamburgers, macarons. Different years are prone to different food trends [3], with the popular items appearing everywhere from fine-dining establishments, to fast food joints and snack trucks, to packaged goods and home cooking. Incorporate a trending food item from a certain time period into a short story. How does the insertion contribute a specific sense of time and place into your piece? What does it tell the reader about your characters’ lifestyles?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/edible_trends [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/dining/food-trends-and-predictions.html