You love good food, enjoy cooking and know about a good restaurant or two. But should you consider yourself a “Foodie”? What is a foodie anyway?

From the urban dictionary:

"A person that spends a keen amount of attention and energy on knowing the ingredients of food, the proper preparation of food, and finds great enjoyment in top-notch ingredients and exemplary preparation. A foodie is not necessarily a food snob, only enjoying delicacies and/or food items difficult to obtain and/or expensive foods; though, that is a variety of foodie."

You may be a foodie if…

… You have at least 6 different types of mustard in the fridge and that bright yellow stuff you find at the hot dog stand isn’t one of them.

… You have no idea what “CSI” is or stands for, but you can name any chef featured on the food network and “Iron Chef” is your evening TV entertainment of choice when you’re in the mood for action and suspense.

… Given the choice, you’d much rather spend the day with Anthony Bourdain from “No Reservations”, than Anthony Hopkins or Marc Anthony.

… Three of your five speed dial options are the phone numbers of restaurants that require you to make a reservation.

… You spend more money on your set of kitchen knives than on your entertainment center.

… Your newly remodeled gourmet kitchen is worth more than the rest of your house.

… You named your daughters Julia and Rachel – after two of your favorite female chefs.

… Your mother threatens to disown you if you mention the name Paula Dean one more time when you refer to her (your mom’s) food. She got very upset when you suggested that Paula’s potato salad was much better than the one she makes (old family recipe).

… You can’t spell diaphanous, but you know exactly what a Durian is and more importantly how to eat it.

… You’d much rather spend $200 on a nice dinner than a new mp3 player.

… You have no idea how to get to the Empire State Building, but you have directions to Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Restaurant.

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