If you haven’t noticed, cupcakes are all the rage… Just back from Los Angels where on a Sunday night at 5:30 a good 50 people (see photo) were waiting in line to plop down $4 for a cupcake… I don’t have a problem with it, I’m glad to see folks out spending a few dollars in pursuit of a small piece of happiness…

We all know the big players in the cupcake business, and if you don’t they would be: Sprinkles, Magnolia Bakery and Kara’s…

The LA Time this past weekend even published a map and directions for a cupcake crawl… The list includes addresses, phone numbers and links to all the shops…

I can tell you having just returned from the City of Angels, nothing beats Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica…

There’s even a top ten list of best cupcakes in Los Angeles…

Another website has suggested the cupcake business might even be recession proof…

I know everyone doesn’t live in LA or San Francisco for that matter, so we here at Screaming Fresh would love to hear about the great cupcake shops out there… Send us the info and a photo and we’ll give them the plug they deserve…

Screamingfresh.com is all about fresh food, and it appears the restaurant industry is taking notice of the our passion for produce as well…

Mintel Menu, a company that tracks food trends, recently predicted that restaurant menus in 2009 will include:

1.More fresh food on the menu
2.More cocktails
3.Comfort food re-invented
4.Mediterranean food surges
5.More explanations of the benefits of their foods

With our focus on fresh foods, we are thrilled Mintel says there has been a 22% increase since 2006 in restaurant menus that label foods as fresh and to expect even more emphasis on fresh foods and artisan ingredients in the year ahead.