have i become?


.....a foodie?
so, the new york times had an article this past weekend about how the movie ratatouille would never have made $47 million ten years ago. the article is called "foodies at the movies: chopped liver to hero." bruni concludes that "'Ratatouille' suggests that many Americans have come to consider a dinner plate a canvas as worthy as any other."

have i become one of those foodies?
is that bad?
and what does it mean to be a foodie?

so, i looked it up on wikipedia....
definition: "foodies differ from gourmets in that gourmets are epicures of refined taste who may or may not be professionals in the food industry, whereas foodies are amateurs who simply love food for consumption, study, preparation, and news."

i think i might be one!
but, i don't like foodies. they are snobby and obnoxious. i like food & good food & i am learning about different ways to look at food... but i sill like hotdogs (and even the non-kosher, full of nitrate kind).

i meand this basil plant decorated my counter-top all week as i made tomato, basil, and garlic sauce on sunday and then fresh pesto on tuesday. the bunch was $2.50 and made spectacular pesto. i'll never buy jarred pesto again.....

OH MY....i'm a foodie!

Comments

Peanutbutter said…
let go of your OWN judgment of the word foodie. celebrate it! it's a gift!
1:08 PM EDT
patti said…
Foodie! Foodie! Foodie! I love that you are loving things that nourish you! GO for it girl! PS you are not pretentious and stuck up!!
Cant wait to see you on the 26th!!!
5:56 PM EDT
Leslie said…
Thanks for clarifying the term. I have a genuine question that goes back to your dining experience a few posts back. Can you taste a difference in the grass fed beef apart from the preparations? Apart from health benefits (for cow and consumer), does it bring anything else to the dinner plate? Robert gripes about store bought veggies all the time. They grew all their own vegtables when he was growing up. He insists it is the difference between flavor and bland. So I'm wondering if the same thing applies to beef.
1:24 PM EDT
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