In New York recently wine and Food Festival, a competition Meatball madness sold out. That insanity is spread all over the country. Americans think of meatballs perched above from spaghetti all covered in cheese, but Meatball is universal. Weekend Edition commentator Bonny Wolf reports the latest foodie trends that shook things up.
In tough times, comfort food can convince so maybe that's why one of the latest foodie trends should not be too surprising. Gourmet meatballs, anyone? Weekend Edition food commentator Bonny Wolf took note.
BONNY WOLF, BYLINE: If you live in New York City, You've seen this coming. Peking opened last year in the Lower East Side and has become very popular there are now three of them offer meatballs with your choice of sauce. Uptown is a restaurant called Polpette Italy. Translation, meatballs. A few weeks ago, The Raleigh Factory opened near Gramercy Park. There is even a bartender, I'm sorry, is an excellent mixologist in New York that made what he called a cocktail meatballs. This involves frying fat spicy sausage then flowed into Ireland whiskey.
In New York recently wine and Food Festival, Meatball madness competition sold out. Judges choice award went to the small Owl restaurant sauce recipe from Meatball sliders, the owner's grandmother. They sold more than 1,000 per week. The madness spreads. Meatballs served with butter and thyme in Chicago and the making of foie gras in Minneapolis. La big ball in ban's Meatball truck urgent customer to rejoin-ball-ution.
Meatballs are now on the menu at Deli Appleby's and the environment. And in the nation's capitol, James Beard award-winning chef Michel Richard's famous sophisticated French cuisine just opened a restaurant called Meatball. They even got meatballs in France? Americans think of meatballs perched above from spaghetti all covered in cheese, but Meatball is universal. A popular tapas Albondigas Spain. Greece keftedes made with lamb and mint and Japan une sec (sp) using chicken and ginger.