{"id":8718,"date":"2025-08-12T08:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=8718"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:28:56","slug":"its-barely-august-and-pumpkin-spice-is-early-to-the-party-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=8718","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Barely August, and Pumpkin Spice Is Early To the Party Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Anthony Bourdain had many spicy food takes, often savagely taking down food trends. He was\u00a0judgmental<\/a>\u00a0of adding chicken to a Caesar salad, calling it \u201cuninspired\u201d and a sign that a restaurant isn\u2019t \u201clegit.\u201d\u00a0Essentially, they\u2019re trying to be everything to everyone by adding \u201csad, overcooked, characterless strips of chicken cutlet\u201d\u00a0on top of the classic dish.<\/p>\n

Likewise, he spared no vitriol for the pumpkin spice latte. In a Reddit \u201cAsk Me Anything,\u201d\u00a0when questioned what food trends he wanted to see die quickly, Chef Tony\u00a0replied<\/a>, \u201cI would like to see the pumpkin spice craze drowned in its own blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, chicken Caesar salads remain as popular as ever, and pumpkin spice as a flavor has thrived unabated. Far from being drowned in its own blood, pumpkin spice soldiers on, a bulwark of autumnal promotions for everyone from coffee chains like Dunkin\u2019 and Starbucks, baked goods brands like Hostess, and even pet food companies like The Honest Kitchen.<\/p>\n