10 not-so-obvious dining trends for 2010

Dining trends lists tend to remind us of the advice doled out by storefront psychics — partly insane and at times flat wrong, occasionally perceptive and sometimes forward thinking, but more often than not, sort of vague enough so that to prove their predictions were off base would be nearly impossible. Scanning lists by J. Walter Thompson, The James Beard Foundation and other industry publications, we did find 10 trends that are less obvious than, say, mini burgers, bacon and locally produced eats (which found their way on most lists).