Try to imagine a young Julia Child showing viewers how to make awesome 2-minute sashimi burgers or Robert Parker blogging about Red Bull and reisling for an idea of how attitudes have changed. Whether this amounts to a refreshing democratization of hoity-toity food culture or an invasion of “foodiots” depends on your point of view.
Michael Hill, AP, in “Young foodies more exhibitionist, less highbrow”
First, please notice the word “foodiot.” Second, there is an overwhelming majority of people in artistic categories – fashion, architecture, design, and yes, food – that can wax poetic but simply not do. Remember when actors had to sing, dance, and deliver the lines? Now they roll in medicated and are autotuned. It’s an across-the-board phenomenon. However, some still can and will do, and are overall quite talented. It’s not exactly fair to surmise an entire generation is ill-equipped for the kitchen, when I’m sure there are still people (yes, young people) that work their asses off. I mean, even I can cook a pot roast. Perhaps the media should focus on those that are still creating and speaking intelligently about it.
So, Michael Hill, I don’t really want to say this, but to assume makes an ass out of… well, you know.