John Mariani’s 2012 food-trend predictions are out. Some are spot-on (“No one is going to be opening a place serving thirty-course, $200 meals made out of thin air and chemically-induced aromas”) and others are just silly ("PETA will go on a full-scale campaign to get the country of Turkey to change its name to Eggplant”). Also, he says Peruvian is over and dumplings are everything. [Esquire]