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The five minute faux foodie must remember but a few things in society: deportment; etiquette; and a few useful phrases. We will briefly offer suggestions that may help if you are one of the many who aspire to this mantle.
Deportment: At the start of each day you must train yourself to put food first in [...]

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The Five Minute Faux Foodie by Katerina la Vermintz

It has been brought to my attention that in certain circles the social attainment called being a ‘foodie’ is being discussed. This comes as no surprise to me for it is a most fascinating conundrum. I myself had left off discussing the term after one well-placed blogger wrote that the term did not need to [...]

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Moira Tuscanaro (The Catty Food Astrologer’s) Hot Licks-Foodie Picks from The 2009 Saveur 100 for Your Zodiac Sign

The Saveur 100 is a quite marvelous list of Things Foodie. If you think it impossible to try all one hundred in a year for reasons of time or money you might be right.
But more important, in choosing which ones you really should try – is your horoscope sign. The food you choose must fit [...]

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Not Enough Paris in Your Life?

If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
Penny-pinching has infiltrated every part of life if one takes as generic starting-point that of Colette and her crowd.
Over-truffled turkeys are Out. A hint of truffle oil, disparagingly dabbed here and there accompanied by a bit of heavy breathing, is In.
Trips to the Continent for [...]

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Jingle Foodies: A Quiz on the Foods of the Season

TimesOnline has posted a food quiz quite ornamental to ascertain whether your foodie knowledge is all shining and bright.
The Christmas Food Quiz includes some good questions:
5. Who invented the notion of a frothing soup in the manner of a cappuccino?
a Alain Chapel
b Gordon Ramsay
c Ferran Adria
6. Which chef created a Xmas menu last year where [...]

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Things to Put in Boxes Under Trees

Holiday gift-giving. Three little words.
How often two little words of response come to mind!
It’s funny how gifts (meant to be things of grace) can become more like things of measurement.
And when measuring begins, in comes arithmetic.
Arithmetic:
‘Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,’ the Mock Turtle replied, ‘and the different branches of Arithmetic – Ambition, [...]

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Being a Movie Star Yet Always Cooking the Family Meal

Catty Corner with Moira Tuscanaro
As a cat I must say I admire Gwyneth Paltrow. She is cool, elegant, sleek, and can even smile like one of us – which we cats do like to see. And she can act, which is so very much like us too!
Today I learned there is more to Gwyneth than [...]

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This (Herve) and the Perfect Egg

A 2006 article from Discover Magazine discusses This (and that) on molecular gastronomy, how to cook the perfect egg, and more. Two years later it may be, but this is still an excellent article.
The confounding of molecular gastronomy with a sort of hipster cuisine drives even a patient man like This a little crazy. Non, [...]

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Foodie Mad Libs

What a year this is! Not only is it the Smurf’s 50th birthday . . . not only is it Paddington Bear’s 50th birthday (reminder to self: must make some marmalade! )  . . . it is Mad Libs 50th birthday also.
If you’ve never played Mad Libs, your life has been missing something [...]

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A Historic Compendium of Food Astrology/Horoscopes Online

* July 12, 2005 Moira Tuscanaro’s Cue-b’s for the Week (Post #3 eGullet Literary Smackdown Winners Round 25)
* September 25, 2005 Moira Tuscanaro Foodie Cat-Astrologer Dines Upon the Celebrity Chef Originally posted on eGullet during the same time as this topic, Moira’s horoscopes received a good response from readers. Unfortunately these astrologic notes were quickly [...]

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Fun Foodie Quiz from F Word

The quiz is “from” the F Word. Not “with” the F Word. But do as you please.
I scored 14. But that was my first try and it’s only my first cup of coffee and I’m sleepy.
A link to the game (from BBC Channel 4 online) is here.
An example of sort of questions in the quiz [...]

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Palate. Palette. Palate. Palette. PALATE.

When you eat something delicious, do you say it was quite palletable? Some people do. They write of their palettes (a thing which supposedly is measuring and analyzing the tastes entering their mouths). I see it written this way fairly often.
Did they stick the artist tool in there?
Or could it just be BAD SPELLING?
Nope, no [...]

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1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die

Several years ago a book came out titled “1000 Places You Must See Before You Die”. Then there was another book titled “100 Things You Must Do Before You Die”. And now there is a new book titled “1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die”.
I love the idea of these books. How wonderful to [...]

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Rachel Ray – She Does the Action, You Choose The Caption

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Fashion-Forward Foodies Go Grocery Shopping

Catty Corner with Moira Tuscanaro
I’ve been planning what my mistress should wear this week over the week-end. My method is to choose what I like to see her in then find a way to lay upon everything else, leaving as many of my lovely cathairs as possible upon them. It has to be done secretly [...]

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