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Top 10 New Ingredients

The top 10 ingredients found in today's newest dishes from around the country are featured on Bon Appetit's website this month along with 10 new recipes.  The ingredients that found their way onto the list include pea tendrils, Kurobuta pork, pomegranate, baby beets, Meyer lemon, Wagyu beef, heirloom potatoes, organic chicken, black cod, and burrata cheese.

Read the complete article with recipes:  What's Hot: Top 10 Ingredients via epicurious.com

Have an iPod and Drink?

Imagine taking your favorite drink recipes on the go with you on your iPod with the iPod Bartender.  Well, maybe not all your favorite drinks but 230 of them.  That's enough to give you and your friends some variety on your night out. 

Download iPod Bartender here.

Related:  Win a Free iPod.

Best New Asian Restaurants

Try one of these new Asian restaurants as reviewed by Food and Wine Magazine.  Has anyone been to these new restaurants?--from  New York, to Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco to Atlanta, St. Louis, Las Vegas, Seattle, and all the way out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

They've certainly found our two recent favorites in Los Angeles--Beacon and Orris.

Best New Asian Restaurants via Food and Wine Magazine

Rising Dessert Trends from Top Restaurants

From a survey of 350 executive pastry chefs, Star Chefs found out about some of the recent trends in desserts around the country.  From chocolate (of course!) to drinkable desserts to Asian and Latin influences, you'll find out what's being created by top pastry chefs today.

Read Pastry on the Curve: The Latest Trends in Desserts via StarChefs.com

The Cupcake Rage Continues

Track the love affair with cupcakes at Cupcakes Take the Cake blog. Filled with photos, recipes, and reviews of cupcake bakeries from around the country.  Make no mistake, cupcakes are a real food trend.

Visit the blog:  Cupcakes Take the Cake

Cupcakes Are All the Rage!

A new cupcake only bakery, Sprinkles Cupcakes, recently opened up in Beverly Hills.  With customer lines coming out the front door, we wondered is cupcakes the new food fad?  Even though, cupcakes have been around forever, it seems that these little treats have captured the attention of many gourmets chefs and new entrepreneurs.

Read:  Attack of the Killer Cupcakes via Los Angeles Times
Eat:  Cupcakes in Los Angeles
Shop: Cupcake Cookbooks