Where the heck we headed in 2009?

It’s December and so it’s begun. Epicurious just published its list naming the top 10 food trends of 2009 and The New York Times thoroughly debunked the list as backwards and being so-2008 before adding some of its own trends. (Albeit NYT’s were jokey trends.)

Neither Peruvian food nor Portland, Maine, as the next big things struck me as something we can look forward to here in Kansas City in 2009. So here’s a couple from me. Remember, these are my ill-informed guesses and not facts.

— Kansas City’s first Dunkin’ Donut’s will open up and it will be somewhere on Metcalf Avenue.

— The next restaurant trend in Kansas City won’t be Peruvian food but dumpling bars.

— At least one celebrity chef will try his or her hand at opening a restaurant in Kansas City.