Foodie

A foodie is a person who has an ardent or refined interest in food and alcoholic beverages. A foodie seeks new food experiences as a hobby rather than simply eating out of convenience or hunger.

Earliest uses of the word

The "foodie" -- not as elitist as a gourmet, more discriminating than a glutton -- was first named in print in the early 1980s. The term came into use almost simultaneously in the United States and Britain. Priority goes to Gael Greene, who, in June 1980, wrote in New York Magazine of a character who "slips into the small Art Deco dining room of Restaurant d'Olympe ... to graze cheeks with her devotees, serious foodies." Immediately afterwards the foodie was defined in the British press. Ann Barr, features editor of the London magazine Harper's & Queen, had asked readers to comment on a then-new obsession with food. Several readers' responses named Paul Levy, food writer on the same magazine, as the perfect example. Levy played along, contributing an anonymous article in August 1982, defining the term ("Foodies are foodist. They dislike and despise all non-foodies") and characterizing himself as the "ghastly, his-stomach-is-bigger-than-his-eyes, original, appetite-unsuppressed, lip-smacking 'king foodie'". The word gained currency rapidly, partly because Barr and Levy followed up with a book, The Official Foodie Handbook, published in 1984.

Foodies (web series)

Foodies is a satirical web television series written and directed by Japhy Grant. The first episode aired March 9, 2011.

Plot

The series revolves a weekly dinner club who, with the exception of Porter (Sean Hankinson), who is very new to the food world. Complicating matters is the fact that not only is Porter's fiance, Moose (Carlee Avers), in the dining club, but also her old flame, the bombastic and culinarily talented Danny Domenica (Daniel Franzese). While on the surface it may appear to be a straightforward sitcom, John Sheehan of the Seattle Weekly praises the show for "doing something to deflate the egos and take a hammer to the pretensions of the foodie microcosm."

Development

Within a sixty day period: Japhy Grant's pitch for Foodies was selected to be part of the NYU alumni script showcase, three episodes were written, pre-production, principal photography, and post-production were all completed.

Cast

Porter - Sean Hankinson

Danny Domenica - Daniel Franzese