Foodist? Really?

Foodist is not a real word.  I looked it up in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary online and it's not there.  Though some people, who are very serious people, who read a lot of books and listen to NPR and make over 75K a year and eat at fancy restaurants actually use this word as if it were one, but it's not.  This is one of the many reasons I am reluctant to call myself one.  Also, I LOVE to eat which can become a problem late in life when your body decides that it needs to hang on to every last morsel of fat just in case...why, oh why?   Last but not least, thanks to the recession and my new stint as a stay at home mom, I cook all the time...on a budget.  SO my love/hate relationship with food has finally reached a tipping point.  Well I've decided that sharing my insights and anecdotes about this food madness might be therapeutic, thus the blog.  I hope to entertain, as well as enlighten.  Stay tuned for more.  It's time to start dinner.

-Natasha-The Reluctant Foodist