The Huffington Post made a few suggestions for New Year’s resolutions for foodies. Being a foodie myself, I have to admit that some of these would be pretty hard. Let’s discuss.
1. I won't Instagram
every single thing I eat.
I could handle not Instagraming and posting “everything” but
I couldn’t cut it out completely. Foodies second me on this – uploading pictures
is a great way to remember food and restaurants you enjoyed and want to recall
later.
2. I won't pretend to understand all of Rene Redzepi's cookbook, "A Work
in Progress."
I’ve never read
it (uh oh, does that mean I’m not a real foodie…).
3. I won't ask the waiter a thousand questions I
already know the answer to, and grill him on his responses, whatever they may
be.
Hmm, I wouldn’t
say I ever “grill” servers but I do enjoy hearing what they have to say about
the food. I can halfway commit to this one.
4. I won't automatically praise something because
it's "street food."
Yeah well, if you
eat street food you automatically get cool points so I do need to brag about
it. However, I can refrain from giving it credit for merely being street food –
cause it’s not ALL good.
5. I won't forage.
Yeah, I definitely
won’t be doing that living in the middle of a city. I might be able to find
some acorns in the park.
6. I won't brew my own beer.
I think this
should be left to the pros anyway.
7. Or my own kombucha.
Same. No desire
to brew my own anything.
8. I won't claim things are "authentic"
when I really have no idea.
What does “authentic”
mean anyway? Isn’t that an opinion? I think I’m good with this one.
9. I won't invite my friends over and offer them
homemade soda when all they really want is ALCOHOL.
I would never do
that to my friends. Ever.
10. I won't think my food blog is special.
This doesn’t even
deserve a comment. All food blogs are special J
11. I won't name drop April Bloomfield as if she's
my best friend.
Yeah, no problem.
Never met her.
12. I won't judge my friends for not ordering the
bone marrow.
I will only judge
if you’ve never tried it and aren’t willing to. If you’ve had it and don’t care
for it then you are good.
13. I won't make my friends wait for hours to eat
brunch somewhere trendy.
I will only do
this is the food is REALLY worth it. Deal?
14. I won't hoard restaurant recommendations so I
can get there first.
Most of my
friends and family want me to try a restaurant first and let them know what I
think before they go - so I think I can skip this one.
15. I won't needlessly try to pronounce foods in
other accents.
Why would you
quit doing that? It’s fun.
16. I will never "check in" anywhere
ever again.
Wow, this is
impossible. Plus I would lose all my Mayorships on Foursquare.
17. I won't take credit for
"discovering" a new restaurant that I actually read about on
someone's blog.
Well technically
I “discovered” it on someone else’s blog so that still counts.
18. I won't pretend I know the first thing about
wine.
But I DO know
about wine. And I’m not a dick about it so I’m gonna skip this one too.
19. I won't hold everyone else up at the farmers'
market because I want to know every purveyor's life story.
You can just keep
walking. I love to hear stories of how people started their business.
20. I won't brag about all the cronuts I've eaten
and then tell everyone how mediocre they are.
They are
mediocre. But I promise I won’t brag about how many I’ve eaten. .jpg)
Getty image via Huff Post Taste
To my fellow foodies, which of these
resolutions do you think you could handle?
