Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New Year's Resolutions for a Foodie


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.

                                       Getty image via Huff Post Taste

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.

 

                                                                   Getty image via Huff Post Taste
 
To my fellow foodies, which of these resolutions do you think you could handle?

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