XP: Zagat's Dining Trends 2015

There are some foods that just seem to be on every menu. Yes, we’re talking about kale, bacon, Brussels sprouts and beets. While it seems that the popularity of Brussels sprouts and beets is still strong, our love affair with kale and especially bacon is starting to wane.
Click to expand...

The trend of all of these items sounds about right except that, personally, our liking of kale has not waned.

We prepared and enjoyed roasted radishes last night (with various other vegetables and braised rabbit and Ch Beaucastel CNdP '96). Perhaps this radish treatment will become a trend item!?!

. . . . Pete
 
We asked surveyors how many times a week they go out to eat (not counting breakfast) and ended up with a national average of 4.5 times per week.

Sounds like a lot to me. But I suppose it depends how you count lunch -- I'm at work so is that "eating out" ?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
We asked surveyors how many times a week they go out to eat (not counting breakfast) and ended up with a national average of 4.5 times per week.

Sounds like a lot to me. But I suppose it depends how you count lunch -- I'm at work so is that "eating out" ?
Click to expand...

Sounds like a lot for the normal population. But perhaps not among those who consider themselves 'surveyors' for Zagat?
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
We asked surveyors how many times a week they go out to eat (not counting breakfast) and ended up with a national average of 4.5 times per week.

Sounds like a lot to me. But I suppose it depends how you count lunch -- I'm at work so is that "eating out" ?
Click to expand...

Sounds like a lot for the normal population. But perhaps not among those who consider themselves 'surveyors' for Zagat?
Click to expand...

I am pretty sure it includes any meal away from home, including a sandwich at lunch.
 
From back in Prodigy Wine Board days (way back in the dark ages), we used XP to indicate extraneous posting i.e. non-wine posting.

. . . Pete
 
originally posted by Andrew Zachary:
Everyone knows XP has nothing to do with wine; XP is Microsoft's last successful, widely adopted operating system.
Click to expand...

Actually, Windows 7 was highly successful.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
We asked surveyors how many times a week they go out to eat (not counting breakfast) and ended up with a national average of 4.5 times per week.

Sounds like a lot to me. But I suppose it depends how you count lunch -- I'm at work so is that "eating out" ?
Click to expand...

Sounds like a lot for the normal population. But perhaps not among those who consider themselves 'surveyors' for Zagat?
Click to expand...

Indeed. Not exactly random sampling.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
We asked surveyors how many times a week they go out to eat (not counting breakfast) and ended up with a national average of 4.5 times per week.

Sounds like a lot to me. But I suppose it depends how you count lunch -- I'm at work so is that "eating out" ?
Click to expand...

Sounds a lot to me too. How does any working person have the TIME to eat out 4-5x/week?!
 
Mark, We rarely eat out, but a counter-point to your question is how does any working person have time to shop for vittles then have time to prepare them in a satisfactory manner?

It may be that many people (rightfully?) feel it is more time-efficient to take advantage of the convenience and quickness of eating out.

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

Mark, We rarely eat out, but a counter-point to your question is how does any working person have time to shop for vittles then have time to prepare them in a satisfactory manner?

It may be that many people (rightfully?) feel it is more time-efficient to take advantage of the convenience and quickness of eating out.

. . . . Pete
Click to expand...

Well, perhaps, but one needs a certain income to support eating out often. I do have the time to cook nearly every night, and since I am at home, there are other things I can do while food is being cooked so time usage is more efficient. So say cooking involves about an hour of work, more or less. If we go to a restaurant, it involves driving, sitting while ordering, waiting for check, and then driving home again. That would add about an hour, so dinner becomes at least 2 hours. Let's also say I could buy ingredients for a home cooked meal at $8-15, depending on the items, so I save that as well. So time saved is money saved as well.
 
originally posted by MarkS:
If we go to a restaurant, it involves driving, sitting while ordering, waiting for check, and then driving home again. That would add about an hour, so dinner becomes at least 2 hours.
Click to expand...

Believe me, I'm with you on the cooking front. I eat out maybe 4-5 times per month.

But Zagats' core audience is in big cities, where dinner does not have to be 2 hours.

Plus, let's not forget that utility functions vary.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top