The desert of food refers to the food environment with poor quality, single variety, lack of cultural connotation and innovation. In such an environment, the food people can enjoy is like a stagnant pool in the desert, monotonous, tasteless and lifeless.

The desert phenomenon of gourmet food is mainly caused by many factors, such as the simplification of eating habits, the increase of life pressure and the drive of commercial interests. Many people only pay attention to taste, quality and price, ignoring the inheritance and innovation of food culture, which leads to large-scale homogenization and low-level competition of catering enterprises in the market. In addition, the fast-paced life and work pressure also make people regard catering as a utilitarian tool to fill their stomachs, rather than an important part of enjoying the quality of life.

However, the desert of delicious food does not necessarily represent the only way people choose. We can change this situation by excavating local characteristics, innovating food collocation and looking for restaurants with cultural connotations. In the new era, people's requirements for health and quality are getting higher and higher, and more and more people are beginning to pay attention to nutrition, health and culture. In this process, some innovative catering enterprises with cultural connotations emerged as the times require. They pay attention to quality and cultural connotation from raw materials to cooking methods and decoration layout, which has become a new fashion in the eyes of the public.

In a word, the phenomenon of food desert is advancing with the times. We should pay attention to the inheritance and innovation of food culture and cultivate a sense of identity and respect for food culture, so as to get rid of the plight of food desert and pursue healthier, better quality and more cultural connotation food.