Foodie
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Earliest uses of the word
The "foodie" — not as elitist as a
Pursuits
Foodies are a distinct
Foodies have a significant social media presence; food lovers have created their own YouTube channels where they show what they cook and where they eat around the world.[8] It has also become a common practice to take photos of food and beverages consumed at home or outside and share them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or other media in a form of food porn.[9]
Criticism of the term
Chris Onstad, author of the webcomic Achewood and the author of The Achewood Cookbook, stated a dislike for the term. Onstad said "There are so many words that already describe the concept of people who like food, or enjoy cooking, or enjoy knowing about cooking. "Foodie": It's like the infantile diminutive—you put a "y" on the end of everything to make it childlike. We don't need it. It's embarrassing. 'Girl, I'm a foodie.' Like oh my God."[10]
Many journalists, like Roberto A. Ferdman, author of "Stop Calling Yourself a 'Foodie'" in the Washington Post, also criticize the word saying, "There is a great irony in describing yourself as a food insider in a way no actual food insider ever would."[11] Ferdman claims that people who associate themselves with being a "foodie" are in fact distancing themselves from the group they wish to be associated with. The author then states that there is nothing wrong with having an interest in food, in fact this popular trend is helping the food movement thrive. Ferdman's main argument is that since the word is so widely used, its meaning has become ubiquitous and some meaning is lost upon the need to constantly announce how much someone likes to eat.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
- New York Magazine (2 June 1980); Oxford English Dictionaryat "foodie"
- ^ a b Paul Levy, "What is a foodie?" in The Guardian (14 June 2007)
- ^ V. Woods [editor] in Harpers & Queen (August 1982); Oxford English Dictionary at "foodie"
- ISBN 0 85223 348 5
- ^ "Brew & Chew". Jayanth Dev India's Best Online Review Site.
- ^ The Healthy Foodie (31 July 2008). "Canadian Farmers Markets: Where to Find Them". AOL Life & Style. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ Holmberg, Christopher (5 March 2014). "Food And Social Media — A Complicated Relationship". Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Kugel, Alison (1 June 2017). "How 'Food Porn' Posted on Social Media Has Become an Industry". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- Salon. Tuesday 10 April 2007. Retrieved on 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Stop calling yourself a 'foodie'". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
Further reading
- Barr, A. & Levy, P. (1984). The official foodie handbook. Arbor House. ISBN 978-0852233436
- Getz, D., Robinson, R., Vujcic, S. & Andersson, T. (2015). Foodies and food tourism. Goodfellow Publishers, Credo Reference.
- Johnston, J. & Baumann, S. (2014). Foodies: Democracy and distinction in the gourmet landscape. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138015128
- Leer, J. & Povlsen, K.K. (2016). Food and media: practices, distinctions and heterotopias. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317134527
- Long, Lucy M. (Ed.) (2010). Culinary tourism. University of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813129853
- Rousseau, Signe. (2012). Food and social media: you are what you tweet. Altamira Press. ISBN 978-0759120433
External links
Media related to Foodie at Wikimedia Commons- Foodie on Facebook
- World Food Travel Association
- The Foodie
