With the new year fast approaching, Tanya Steel of Epicurious.com, released a top 7-list of "Worst Food Trends" for 2007.

1. Macho Fast Food
2. Vanity Vodkas
3. The Ubiquitous $40 Entree
4. Hot Spots You Can't Find
5. Truffles the Size of a Softball
6. Restaurants "In Preview"

For more detail on each trend, please visit the Epicurious website. The list is very entertaining.

For instance, take the number 2 worst food trend. Its anecdote about premium vanity vodkas specifically targets the vodka baring the name "Donald Trump."

Announced during the summer of 2006, Trump Super Premium Vodka is quintuple-distilled in Holland by Dutch master distiller Jacques de Lat. It is bottled in a Bruni Glass design, with labels and outer decorations by New York designer and artist Milton Glaser. It is distributed by Drinks Americas and retails for approximately $33 USD/750 mL bottle.

Unfortunately, Trump's somewhat comically named vodka was not listed on another of this year's top 7 lists. This one comes from Trifter.com and is entitled:
Seven Outrageous Luxury Vodkas: Strictly for Connoisseurs. Its top 3 vodkas follow:

Gold Leaf Vodka:

Yes, those are flakes of 24-carot gold leaf
Made in France, this vodka is quadrupled distilled and its ingredients include underground spring water. Cost: $60 USD/750 mL bottle.

DIVA Premium Vodka:

Those coloured beads are genuine precious stones
Made in Scotland by Blackwood Distillers, this vodka is filtered through a sand of crushed gemstones. The vodka itself is bottled with precious stones. Depending on the choice of gemstones, a bottle of this vodka costs between $3700 and $1 million USD.

Gun Vodka:

Tommy Gun Goodness
Made in the United States, this vodka is bottled in a machine gun shaped 750 ml glass bottle. Most popular on American Army and Air bases, a bottle will run you $50 USD.

While it didn't make the grade, Trump's vodka is nevertheless outrageously popular. According to yahoo.com, Drinks Americas shipped approximately $5.2 million USD or 46 000 cases of Trump Premium Vodka during the fourth quarter of 2007. As a result, for 2008, the Trump vodka line will be extended with flavors, including lemon, orange, raspberry, and grape.