Foodie is an informal term for a particular class of aficionado of food and drink. The word was coined in 1981 by Paul Levy and Ann Barr, who used it in the title of their 1984 book The Official Foodie Handbook.
As a kid, I was a very persnickety person when it came to food, I was not easily feed because I did not like a whole lot of food. As I was talking to my mom this morning, she retold the story of how she tried to get me to eat carrots. She would tell me how rabbits had great eye sight and if I wanted to see as good as rabbits, that I have to eat what rabbits eat; carrots. In my little mind at the time, I thought I could get around this with a loop hole, I would just open my eyes as wide as I could and I would see better. Didn't like them needless to say until my teen years. I was a picky eater, in a meat and potato/non adventurous small town food tradition.
In the last fifteen or so years, my like for more interesting foods have increased exponentially. This is even more evident in the last five or so years. Now I am to the point that I think I am willing to try just about anything. Yesterday is a perfect example of this, we stopped at Lyndale Tap House to meet friends, while there Max got the happy hour Beer Mussels. Yes I have never had Mussels before, guess I am a bit scared that kind of sea food. Yes, very stupid of me, and I know that so I dived in head first and had my first every Mussel, and loved it even though I am still a little geeked out by shell fish. Will I have them again, yes and would I try to make them my self, hell yes.
Be brave, and expand your box is a great way to experience life fuller and for all my creative kids, doing things you never have done before is a great way to expand your creative well!
Pexa
p.s. I think I will be writing up some reviews soon too, I might start out with the Tap House, so come back soon to check it out!