foodie
[foo-dee]
- a person keenly interested in food, especially in eating or cooking.
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Origin of foodie
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Contemporary Examples
Surveys may portray us as picky, but in reality our foodie culture is thriving as never before.
And Nutella can play the foodie card only in America, Leong points out.
And so I went to talk to him about food and our foodie moment.
AM: As far as me being a foodie... If a foodie means that I love to eat food, then yes, I am a foodie.
All these foodie facts also humanize people often seen as larger-than-life.
Historical Examples
But sure the boys' kep their word to him, anyhow, in regard of shootin' Foodie Flattery.
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other StoriesWilliam Carleton
The state of the country, and Foodie's character, justified his apprehension on suspicion.
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other StoriesWilliam Carleton
foodie
foody
- a person having an enthusiastic interest in the preparation and consumption of good food
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Word Origin and History for foodie
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