TIME AS A LUXURY INGREDIENT
Press pause on the world, and the world will cook. Given the gift of time through heightened isolation and reflection around the globe, more people are cooking than ever before. And the luxury ingredient? Time. Whether invested or saved, it’s being savored through the discovery of shortcuts, preservation methods, and playing around with how to slow time down even further. Trust us when we say, this is about way more than baking another banana bread.
Plus Sweet
Skip the full-on sugar rush. Everything we once thought about what it means to be sweet is off the table. Sweetness is being balanced with other favorite flavors—savory, smoky and heat for an unexpected complexity that’s satiating and often unexpected. As we move away from overly sweet and improvise on reducing sugar, there is experimentation and fluidity in what it means to be “sweet,” whether expressed as a no rules, layered approach in ice cream or salad—sweet notes are intermingled with other flavors.
Plus Sweet Recipes
Air Fryer Corn Ribs with Spicy Coconut Yogurt Sauce
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Air Fryer Corn Ribs with Spicy Coconut Yogurt Sauce
Rediscover the potential of sweet
For the first time, we’re launching limited-edition seasoning blends alongside the Flavor Forecast, so you can bring these trends to your own kitchen. With our new Flavor Inspirations blends, Vanilla, Lime & Thyme and Miso Caramel, you can experience the new frontiers of Plus Sweet.
NEW FOR 22ND EDITION: FOOD STORIES
Pioneering new flavors requires experimentation, skill, confidence, and resilience. Food Stories celebrates those that chart new territories and explore flavors that surprise, delight, and transport us to shared experiences.
These are the chefs and innovators who lead with their whole selves and develop flavors that take us on a full sensorial journey. Their authenticity, passion, and personal stories are what transform satiation to pleasure.
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN FOOD & FLAVOR
This year’s food story celebrates the power of women in food and flavor – from professional female chefs and restaurant operators to the grandmothers passing down recipes to keep generations-old technique alive.
Food Stories Recipes
Are you a chef or restaurant operator?
Visit our McCormick for Chefs Flavor Forecast experience.