Why be a Foodie?

My best friend Robyn works in the food industry and I (vanillagrrl, aka Rise) am a writer and a mother. As enthusiastic samplers of what the world has to offer, we both come to our interest in and passion for food from different places and will post about our own backgrounds soon.

But our primary interest in starting this blog is in learning about how you came to have a passion for ingredients, for sources, for dining out, for sustainability, for exploring the world through food, for learning as much as possible about the best ways to sustain ourselves today, or whatever brings you to call yourself a "foodie." We would like to hear how you became interested in food and eating.

For now, until we set this up with a proper message-board interface, send an email to us so we can add you to the list of blog authors and join in the discussion.

Here are a few questions to get you thinking:

• What sparked your interest in food?


• Are you more interested in food than most of the people around you?


• Do your standards for food preparation or dining differ from those of the people around you?


• What's the best meal you ever ate and why?

-rk