If the term 'foodie' is dead, what do we call you?

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Sarah Spigelman Richter
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If you call yourself a "foodie," you might as well just admit you watch reruns of Columbo and still own a flip phone.

Yes, that's how old-fashioned the term is.

Celebrity chef/food scientist Alton Brown told the New York Times: "The pornification of food takes away the importance of sharing it with one another and instead focuses only on the food," in a piece called "Alton Brown Has Had It With Foodies."

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In that case, what category of food-lover do you fall into?

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