tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094134305816735755.post1941151658386866433..comments2023-05-17T08:24:12.712-05:00Comments on Mahlzeit: How foodie culture has made people afraid to cookAlexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094134305816735755.post-12859671148800656162010-11-21T12:23:31.691-06:002010-11-21T12:23:31.691-06:00Well I think some people are just passionate about...Well I think some people are just passionate about food and cooking so they get quite wrapped up in it and are surprised to learn that others don't share their thoughts on food. I know once I started getting good at cooking I was looking for new and better ingredients to keep exerpimenting with. To me cooking is an adventure and I look at the professional chefs and foodies as an oppourtunity to learn. Now, it's not so much that I shun pre-made things (time and money do get the best of me as well) but it's just more fun for me to make my own mayonnaise or spaghetti sauce.Kalebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094134305816735755.post-39453202077418746742010-11-08T08:04:22.279-06:002010-11-08T08:04:22.279-06:00Exactly, to both of you. I have so many conversati...Exactly, to both of you. I have so many conversations with people (because they all know I cook) where they complain about things like what type of salt to use. Good heavens, folks, Morton salt, like your mother used. Someone needs to be saying that it's okay to start there. (i.e. thank god for Rachael Ray)Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094134305816735755.post-91259429314998990292010-11-08T07:55:57.561-06:002010-11-08T07:55:57.561-06:00In my case Foodie culture hasn't made me afrai...In my case Foodie culture hasn't made me afraid to cook it has put me off on cooking. Mostly, it hasn't been the celebrities of the foodie world, but the average person and how they talk about food. The way that food is fetishized by some coupled with the self-righteous attitude fires up the contrarian queen within me.MRBROWNTHUMBhttp://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094134305816735755.post-61090105714544367892010-11-08T06:34:33.476-06:002010-11-08T06:34:33.476-06:00I hear what you're saying but . . . why can...I hear what you're saying but . . . why can't we have both? I like having the easy stuff (my local Boggy Creek Farm's cookbook is as easy as it gets) and I also love reading America's Test Kitchen's food theory. I love my Julia Child, and I love M F K Fisher's depression era foodieness. <br /><br />Most importantly, by not thinking of it as a zero-sum game in which one means I can't have the other, I am able to expand my options and have both! I say: the more, the merrier. <br /><br />Best to you -Gardenatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534236196385628185noreply@blogger.com