Crazy thoughts: October 2008 Archives

Dried flowers, oil-laced fruit juice and spicy honey! Edibles about-to-hit-the-shelves being showcased at the world's largest food fair this week are proof in the pudding of a foodie revolution to come.

Despite the dour financial climate, which food industry specialists say is slowing up the launch of new products, whacky new textures and unlikely blends shown at Paris' two-yearly SIAL fair -- gathering 140,000 foodies from 100 nations -- point to an upcoming perestroika on the plate.