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The 10 Types Of Foodies

Posted: 12/27/2011 1:00 pm

This is the latest installment from Foodie Underground.

When your friends start texting you photos of what they made for dinner and include only a list of ingredients, you know you have a food problem: You've turned into that person. If you're lucky, things will hold at that manageable minimum, but inch one crumb further, and you might soon be labeled a Food Snob, or worse, the in-house Europhile. Because for every style of food under the sun, there's a food personality to go with it. We've put together a guide to help you that's just perfect for navigating, and sometimes placating, the wide world of foodies.

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Taking a cue from Martha Stewart, this is the friend who effortlessly whips together coq au vin at the drop of the hat, any hat. Is there anything they can't do? Yes: Admit that cooking takes time. Although you are used to them effusively detailing their latest creation -- "Who knew fennel would be so good with figs?" -- the truth is they're completely frazzled when they find they have over-committed themselves once again and now are up to their elbows in half made canapés. Unfortunately, Trader Joe's mini quiches are not an acceptable substitute, so the only answer is an overdose on homemade espresso shots. Hors d' oeuvres and the jitters, every time. Rx: a large glass of rosé.

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This is the latest installment from Foodie Underground. When your friends start texting you photos of what they made for dinner and include only a list of ingredients, you know you have a food probl...
This is the latest installment from Foodie Underground. When your friends start texting you photos of what they made for dinner and include only a list of ingredients, you know you have a food probl...
 
 
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11:11 AM on 12/31/2011
I know that there willl be some that do not agree, but as I see it, the gimick items on a menu do dry customers. I know that I enjoy reading the menu with them on, but do refuse to order them as not my idea of something good to eat. The gimicks are not usually on my approved foods for a health condition, but still they are a hoot to read about and look at the pictures. I also feel that if you don't want to eat them...don't but do allow others the right to do so if they want. I also think that someone should do a column on some of the "local" foods we find here in Hawaii...heart attacks on a plate for the most part.
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clearthinker2008
we need to respect each other
04:12 PM on 12/30/2011
I'm a professional chef and I'm 6 and sometimes 7 of these, of course this has a to be a good thing, right?. lol Pretty good descriptions.
01:24 PM on 12/30/2011
This is so funny...and true.
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brooklyncitizen
Soror quaerens lucem
01:05 PM on 12/30/2011
OK maybe I'm 2 parts Orgnivore and one part Avoider.I won't go near those food carts.Ick.
12:04 PM on 12/29/2011
Some people don't WANT to avoid gluten...

It's sad to see yet another author stray beyond the humor and throw the "anti-gluten" crowd under the bus. True, some are now avoiding it much the same way they skipped the carbs a few years ago, but many people (estimated 1 in 100) are genetically unable to process gluten, with severe potential long-term health results. And after the years of being ignored and ostracized by the medical and food community, they are finally being pulled into the fold. It's amazing how many food professionals, be they writers or chefs, pride themselves on knowing and using some of the most exclusive or anonymous ingredients with some of the most pain-staking techniques, but utterly refuse to even consider a meal made without gluten. It's really not that hard, and to 1 in 100 people, it makes the meal a pleasure, not a poison.
09:23 PM on 12/29/2011
when were you diagnosed? I've been diagnosed since about 2007 or 2008, and agree it is so much easier to eat in restaurants now. And that was one of my "sticking points" in opening a restaurant with my boyfriend/partner - it had to be gluten-free. Not just a few items or recipes that can be modified to order, but all gluten-free. Our customers love the food, our gluten-free customers absolutely love the food and can eat with peace of mind.
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Bor Zoi
10:55 AM on 12/29/2011
Nutella is chocolate-flavored mucous.
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11:50 AM on 12/29/2011
That goes great on toast!
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Soror quaerens lucem
01:10 PM on 12/30/2011
my only objection is how much sugar it contains...i can't taste the nut or chocolate for all the sugar in it..they can do better
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clearthinker2008
we need to respect each other
04:13 PM on 12/30/2011
lmao...well played.
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maria52
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01:20 PM on 12/30/2011
Some people might beg to differ, lol
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peachfuzz
my favorite color is pinko
09:15 AM on 12/29/2011
A Sharpie is a fine gift! I don't care who you are!
01:37 AM on 12/29/2011
I'm a combination of DIYer, Made It Myself and a Europhile. No apologies!
09:25 PM on 12/28/2011
As a chef and restaurant owner, I think there should be a category called "Priceline foodie." These foodies come into a restaurant looking for the lowest possible price regardless of food sourcing, quality of ingredients or how their meal is prepared. They are complaining right off the bat about the prices and how they just got a "value" meal down the street that cost one fourth of my menu prices. They don't care what they eat, only about how much it costs. The worst part is they fancy themselves foodies, and are food critics in their own mind. Unless the meal ends with something off a $.99 menu, they'll never be happy. Priceline foodies go where the cheapest meal is and aren't loyal to any particular restaurant or chef. They are "one and done" customers who, in their mind, are the basis to my entire dinner business and with the wave of their hand, they claim to be able to influence thousands of customers. They have a million menu suggestions that wouldn't ever work in a best case scenario and can easily tell you how to run your kitchen even though the last thing they cooked that wasn't in the microwave was in 1993. Nothing against Priceline, it's a good tool to find a cheap room. But Priceline foodies can skip my restaurant and go enjoy their value meal.
05:41 AM on 12/29/2011
Ya, several years ago I was planning a trip to Vegas and wanted to eat at Le Mansion du Robuchon. I read a bunch of reviews online, and a number of them said, 'Ordered the 16 course tasting menu for $385/person. Overpriced, 3 stars out of 5.'

There were so many reviews like that I hesitated to go. I did though, spent over $1000, and had one of the most memorable experiences of my life. The food was just mindblowingly good. I think it's idiotic to go to a restaurant like that and then complain about the price. What on earth do people expect?

Obviously Robuchon, with all his experience, has determined that the market will allow him to charge $385 for his very best efforts. No one forced these customers to order the most expensive meal, when they could have gotten something else for a fraction of the price.
10:59 AM on 12/29/2011
I'm jealous, that sounds like an amazing meal! And it's not just about the food, it's about the entire experience. @ $385 for 16 courses, that works out to be about $24 a course. Seems like a deal for a Robuchon dining adventure!
03:31 PM on 12/29/2011
You spent $1,000 on a meal? When you shat it out 8 hours later, could you feeeel the difference?
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CaptainRenault
Here to keep an eye on the rascals.
08:28 PM on 01/03/2012
Too true. I like to think of a "foodie" as one with discriminating tastes in food. The guys that you describe are just cheapskates who like to go out and eat.

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07:40 PM on 12/28/2011
This list just seems to be about people who are scared to eat different types of food. Sad...
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06:59 PM on 12/28/2011
Vegan, but not an "avoider." So many foods I'm eating now, I never tried before: Japanese sweet potatoes, delicata squash, almond butter, almond milk, cashew cheese, tulsi tea, beets, red bell peppers, honey crisp apples, chard, kale, pumpkin soup, tofu chocolate cheesecake, quinoa, barley, millet, black rice, frozen blueberry "ice cream," raw carrot/avocado soup, soy yogert, tofu lasagna, vege enchiladas, Japanese pumpkin and chia seeds. Maybe not everybody's taste, but I'm lovin' it.
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elcerritan
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01:01 PM on 12/29/2011
Except for the specifically vegan-oriented items (like cashew "cheese" and the fake "ice cream"), there's nothing on this list that many non-vegans aren't also eating regularly. Even tofu figures in a lot of omnivore diets. I've never quite understood the "pride" that some vegans exhibit about eating "new" things that can be, and actually are, an ordinary part of ANYONE'S diet. I guess if one had to become a vegan before ever eating kale or chard or red bell peppers or honey crisp apples or quinoa or barley, etc., one must have had a very narrow diet before, which strikes me as a bit sad. I've known a couple of vegans who've acted as if they practically DISCOVERED kale, which I find bizarre since it's been a dietary staple in my family since I was a child (which was a looong time ago).
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Soror quaerens lucem
01:13 PM on 12/30/2011
it's not fake icecream...
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Soror quaerens lucem
01:16 PM on 12/30/2011
yup
what people don't realize is that being vegan opens up your world to food rather than narrowing it down.in fact for those that still eat meat/seafood, food choices are more habitual and less creative.
es and I buy them in bulk....I don't buy any of that processed vegan food making
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adamben
yes i said yes i will yes
06:26 PM on 12/28/2011
lol. what about the ten kinds of people who make lists of the ten types of......?
CognitoErgoSum
CogitoErgoSum was taken when I signed up.
05:15 PM on 12/28/2011
What if you are more than one of the ten foodie groups, but no one knows, since you don't blather on endlessly about it?
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BrooklynChef
04:38 PM on 12/28/2011
Proud to fit into almost all categories. That being said, ya gotta be willing to laugh at yourself and this article made me do that. So, thanks! I liked it.