The First Foodies…

Ann Barr

Ann Barr

Paul Levy

Paul Levy

Foodie is an informal term for a particular class of aficionado of food and drink. The word was coined in 1981 by Paul Levy and Ann Barr, who used it in the title of their 1984 book The Official Foodie Handbook.

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  • Bert Wolf—Television Journalist

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    “People travel to meet other people
    and eat their food”

  • Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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    “Tell me what you eat
    and I will tell you who you are”
    (1 April 1755, Belley, France
    — 2 February 1826, Paris)