On the eve of 2011, the City Paper's Young & Hungry forecasted a few food trends for the year. Now that the year is halfway through, they've stopped to assess which of those predictions came true. Food trucks buying storefronts? Check. Ruth Bourdain usurping Anthony Bourdain? Check — with a James Beard award offered as evidence. The death of the small plates trend? Not so much. [WCP]
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