Teresa “Gubbshoe” Gubbins posted a funny item yesterday: 12 signs of the new Dallas foodie revolution. Gubbshoe claims “ Dallas has two kinds of foodies”—old and new–and follows her thesis with a list that distinguishes them. Funny stuff. Except for one thing: her use of the term foodie. Wait, make that two: if one is old, they can’t be a foodie. The word wasn’t in use. We were/are gourmands or epicureans.
We discussed the tired moniker for people who love food in July 2009. This overused term needs to go away. Some of the potential substitutes included Fooderatti, Eatanistas, and Gastrognomes. I suggested we all embrace our inner nerdy, arrogant lust for food by calling ourselves Dishbags, but it didn’t really catch on. Read Teresa’s piece. Then make your comments here. If we get five or ten good ones, we’ll have a vote and the term will become part of the SideDish Stylebook. And I will dig up a prize for the winner.
