Foodie is a term that we throw around a lot here at Slashfood. The dictionary defines a foodie as "someone who has an ardent or
refined interest in food." In previous decades, words like "epicure" or "gourmet" were
used to apply to the same type of person. The words are out of favor now, and bring to mind stodgy, snobbish
people who are only willing to consider a restaurant that has truffled pate on the menu. This is because good food was
hard to get and expensive in years, decades and centuries past. People didn't have the resources to buy virtually
anything they could want and often wouldn't have the means to cook it. Now, both times and terms have changed.
What is a foodie, anyway?
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2I've always hated the term "foodie" and like Sarah, have only used it in a derogatory way. "Gourmet" and "epicure" don't bother me at all. Having said that, I wouldn't term myself as any of those... even though I do like food (a lot). Yikes!! Maybe I am a foodie (shudder) after all.
-Elizabeth
4I think of "foodie" as a more convenient term for "foodophile" (and easier to say at that). Someone who genuinely loves food, who gets excited about going to the grocery store to shop for items for a new recipe, and who would gladly delete prime time TV episodes from his/her TiVo to make room for more FoodTV.
5I`ve never thought "foodie" meant "gourmet" -- I mean, why not just say, "gourmet," if that`s what you mean? When I call myself a "foodie," it just means, as you say, that I am interested in food -- all kinds of food.
Some "foodies" are "food snobs," but not all of us!
6My boyfriend accused of being a "foodie" and I denied it all along. Just because I talk about food, like to eat it, watch it, smell it, and daydream about it makes me a foodie??? However, I have come to terms to admit that I am guilty as charged... "Hello, my name is Jennifer and I'm a foodoholic. Please welcome your newest, baddest, and unrepented member to this muther effin' town! =) xoxo
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