foodie

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The Word of the Day for June 2 is:

foodie   \FOO-dee\   noun 
     : a person having an avid interest in the latest food fads

Example sentence:
    A serious foodie, Beryl reads cookbooks like novels and scours specialty 
shops in search of exotic ingredients.

Did you know?
     "Foodie" is a relatively recent addition to our language (dating from the 
early 1980s), but it derives from a much older word, "food," which has been 
with us for as long as there has been anything that could be called English. 
"Food" can be traced back through Middle English to the Old English form 
"foda," which is itself related to Old High German "fuotar," meaning "food" or 
"fodder," and Latin "panis," meaning "bread." "Panis" is the source for 
"empanada," a Spanish turnover with a sweet filling, "panatela," a type of 
cigar, "panettone," an Italian bread containing raisins and candied fruit, and 
"pantry," a room used for the storage of provisions.





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