The Devil's Food Dictionary
I've linked to the Devil's Food Dictionary Web site before, although I can't send you back to the original entry on Dining@Large because for some reason the search function is taking me to recipes. And not devil's food cake either. Oh, well.
Anyway, Barry Foy has just published the book The Devil's Food Dictionary. Pretty funny stuff. Here's a sample entry: ...
FOODIE: A category of generally affluent hypergourmet that developed as a reaction to progress. This is primarily a North American designation; a foodie from Italy, by comparison, is know simply as an Italian. The most extreme foodie may insist on incubating her own free range vintage artisanal yeast; a more moderate one may merely want the option of buying a loaf of bread made with ingredients considered edible by human beings.
Comments
Here's the original post, from back in November of 2007. It only got one response, which could never happen today.
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | September 12, 2008 5:20 PM
The book cover is a hoot with the labeling of the parts of "meat" on a frog.
Posted by: Piano Rob | September 12, 2008 5:27 PM
First a wonderful quote from Miss Manners and now this. A Friday could not hope to get any better.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | September 12, 2008 6:15 PM