Definition of Foodie

[Bangbang]

The noun "foodie" has 1 sense in WordNet.

1. epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie -- (a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink))

 

[Paint]

ooooohhhh, I like that definition
Paint.

 

[jkath]

to that, I would add "one who dreams of dinner while just starting breakfast"

 

[PolishedTopaz]

When having morning coffee you are dreaming of what's for dinner.

 

[Lugaru]

I like that one as well. I went over to Wikipedia which is usually a great encyclopedia for subculture and surprisingly there is no entry so after this thread winds down I'll do a little research, feed it into word so my spelling dosnet end up too offensive and put one up myself.

 

[kitchenelf]

foodie - When you smell it, see it, taste it, hear it cook, discuss it, read about it, buy it, touch it, your heart beats faster - foodie

 

[norgeskog]

that pretty much says it for us here. There is a wide line that separates those who live to eat and those who eat to live, personally it is more enjoyable in the former than the latter.

 

[kleenex]

When you spend months in the garden with some seeds just to finally get some product you can use for a meal, you are a foodie.

 

[Claire]

How about if your reply when people say, "you are what you eat" is that you'd rather be a spectacular 7 course meal than a bowl of whole grain gruel?

When they say, "your body is a temple" your reply is that you worship at church, not in the mirror, and ... oh, by the way ... the ritual sacrifice at a temple was ... lamb. I'll take mine in great kabobs. Oh, no, maybe a rosemary-infused leg ... or ......

 

[irishtravel1]

I don't eat to live, I live to eat!

 

[mudbug]

Life is too short to drink bad wine.

 

[luvs]

you know you're a foodie when people groan if you ask them to go to the grocery store with you 'to pick up a few things', cause you both know this means you'll be there for a good 2 hours, slowly browsing up and down each aisle, hemming and hawing over which brand is better, which steak has better marbling, whether to buy the wasabi powder or the wasabi paste...

 

[kitchenelf]

When they say, "your body is a temple" your reply is that you worship at church, not in the mirror, and ... oh, by the way ... the ritual sacrifice at a temple was ... lamb. I'll take mine in great kabobs. Oh, no, maybe a rosemary-infused leg ... or ......

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