Over at the Huffington Post, Martha Stewart reflects on the possibility that food may be the new fashion. As she writes in her introduction to Food is the New Fashion:
"The notion that 'you are what you eat' extends beyond the virtues of a nutritious, well-balanced diet. These days, it often seems that you are what you purchase in the supermarket or at the farmer's market; your grocery list is a reflection of your values and your identity. Chefs are as celebrated as designers (move over, Armani, here's Batali!) and eating and entertaining have become haute couture: Food is the new fashion."
Whether you like Martha or not (and we'd bet our community has some opinions in this area), in this editorial she pulls a lot of ideas together and makes a lot of sense. In particular, we agree that "I see the growing interest in learning about food and the enthusiasm for home cooking -- especially since studies show that eating together improves family health and stability -- as the recessionary cloud's silver lining." It's well worth a quick read.
But (and this is only a minor criticism) could we agree to ban two words in the future, "foodie" and "fashionista"? Both somehow rub us the wrong way.