
Good Old Days
The countdown is on! The new decade dawns in just five days and while some may still be luxuriating in holiday stretchy pants, RCS is putting a bow on the year that was 2019 and gazing out at the horizon to see what new food and dining trends are set to emerge in 2020. Some currents of the past year, cauliflower crusts, meat alternatives, non-dairy “milks” and mindful consumption are still going strong. Many of those trends with a long shelf life seem likely to carry on into

The Birds, Bees and Mushrooms, Please
The trend in club food and beverage to cultivate home-grown goods on club property has become anything but garden-variety. While a simple kitchen herb garden was once a nice little addition and talking point for a club’s F&B program, some chefs are taking on literal earth-shaking initiatives to create a buzz for fresh ingredients grown on the home turf. Not only are chefs helming scratch kitchens and tending vast raised-bed kitchen gardens producing dozens of varieties of fru