Extra Virgin Olive Oil or EVOO, made popular by celebrity chef Rachel Ray, became preferred over butter or any other type of oil for cooking and as the best emulsifier

for salad vinaigrettes. EVOO also made its way into ice cream shop sundae recipes, that's how you know the ingredient was really on top of its game.

Amid other health fads, one that really took off was to buy organic food, "or as your grandparents called it, food." The non-gmo preference was in full swing, and people

started to sidestep unnatural, inorganic ingredients in their diets, preferring the leafy foliage of kale, or liquifying it via juicer and drinking it up like water.

It's the year when bacon became a necessity on previously bacon-free items. Think cheeseburgers, vegetables, chocolate, eventually even sundaes... everything started to contain the greasy, crisped-to-perfection pork

meat, and we weren't complaining.

2010: the year that carbs became more frightening than the ghosts and goblins of your childhood halloween cartoon specials. Although roughly 1% of the US population is gluten-intolerant,

many more believed they were intolerant, or that cutting wheat from their diet would result in better overall health. All that we can confirm is that those with Celiacs Disease can

now eat at many more restaurants than ever before. 

Cake pops came and went, but cupcakes were really on to something. They're perfect for the birthday boy or girl you don't want to buy a whole cake for, or

if you'd like to treat yourself to a piece of cake, disguised as an individual cake for one. Magnolias was made famous by the Sex and The City

crew, drawing tourists and locals alike in droves.

A result of a three year brainstorm for Taco Bell to appeal more to millennials, or the product of an interns' brain power? Whatever the reason, it's clear that

this product brought about super bowl madness, and was so simple, yet so genius. A pairing that was as tweetable as it was delectable. 

This deep-fried snack time (or anytime) gem is part croissant, part donut, and all delicious. It emerged in New York city in 2013, and the need to indulge spread like wildfire,

and some could argue that even today, it's not completely out.

"Hey, wanna go grab some froyo after class?" "YES." 

If you were able to speak in 2012, chances are you had this exact conversation at least once during the year

of 2012. A dessert that tastes yummy, but has fewer calories than ice cream or gelato- count us in for a tub full!

Avocados became so popular that people almost wanted to eat them all alone, by the spoonful. Emphasis on "almost." This is where a slice of toast came in and made

everyone feel better about their smooth, green obsession.

Move over kale (that's so 8 years ago, anyway) and welcome the newest superfood on the block. What we see making it BIG this year: seaweed!