Foodservice menu trending: 21 picnic-perfect dishes; Levy, Bon Appetit roll out new treats for 2021 Major League Baseball season

Plus, 25 amazing pasta dishes from food service chefs who are envisioning the shape of pasta to come, chefs are bringing picnic vibes with outdoor-friendly side dishes and more trending food & beverage stories

Food Management Staff

May 6, 2021

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In this month’s recap of the Top 5 most popular food & beverage Food Management articles, 21 picnic-perfect side dishes, salads and slaws ranked as the week’s top story. As the weather warms up, picnic season and outdoor dining converge into one delicious opportunity for fresh salads and sides to flavor your world, from blackeye pea “caviar” to brisket loaded fries, spicy street corn, crunchy slaw, amped-up potato salads, pickled veggies and more. Among other stories in this week’s gallery:

Levy, Bon Appetit roll out new treats for 2021 Major League Baseball season; and
25 amazing pasta dishes from food service chefs who are envisioning the shape of pasta to come.

In other news, chefs are bringing picnic vibes with outdoor-friendly side dishes. As spring comes into bloom all over the country, customers are emerging from their quarantine cocoons…and they are hungry! Chefs are busy planning the outdoor events, picnics, cookouts and outdoor dining scenarios as the spring sunshine heats things up.

Click through the gallery to see other trending stories in the food & beverage segment.

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Food Management Staff

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