Some in finding the newest and most-cutting edge preparations with which to entertain and delight their guests. Some more in finding the best recipes for chicken spaghetti and chocolate cake to serve his/her family. Some more in the culture and history of various cuisines. Some are more interested in restaurants and dining out. And that interest takes a different form in different people. The diversity and complexity of foodies must be as endless as the all the recipes of all the cuisines of all the world!

In your opinion, what makes a foodie a foodie?A foodie is anyone interested in food. He only knows what he likes, not what he should like or might like. A person that just likes a good ham biscuit, steak or piece of fried chicken? Might as well shoot that poor sumbitch. To find the perfect cheese or the best macaroon recipe is life's work.'Ī foodie, then, is a collector of knowledge, a food scholar. From soup to nuts, a foodie seeks out the fun stuff about fine fare, along with the arcane, the academic, the in-depth, and the latest. A true foodie clings to all things culinary. The foodie lives to eat, and to eat to live is definitive boredom. I mean, why make up such a cute little word at all? I'm a fan of wine, but I don't call myself a wino (though others might).į describes a foodie this way: 'On the curriculum vitae of a foodie, 'eating' is listed as a hobby. 'Foodie' conjures up images of 'cooties,' 'roofies,' and The Goonies. It has to do, I think, with the 'ie' at the end, a frivolous sounding little suffix that makes most anything sound a little goofy.

As labels go, 'foodie' has to be one of the worst.

Whats a foodie