Jay Lloyd's Getaway: Changing Flavors
By Jay Lloyd
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- As gas prices plunge and recession woes recede, more of us are traveling. We're also finding more exotic items on American menus at destination resorts and restaurants.
Go to Vermont and find exotic Asian items sprinkled over a traditional menu or tapas on tap at an upstate New York eatery. Latin flavors penetrate pubs and fine dining spots across the nation.
"As the world shrinks, you know what ingredients are being used in southeast Asia, in South Africa, in the Mediterranean" Waldy Malouf, senior director at the Culinary Institute of America, said in a recent conversation on changing tastes.
It comes from both immigration and International travel.
"We want real Chinese food," he said, "we want real Thai, we want real Cambodian."
Malouf believes the trend is going continue to evolve and grow. And since resorts and restaurants across America recruit from the Culinary Institute, the new wave of chefs looks well prepared.
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