Dana Goodyear
Dana Goodyear
Dana Goodyearis an American journalist and poet, the author of the forthcoming book Anything That Moves, and the co-founder of Figment, an on-line literary community. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and teaches in the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
crafting food identify mainstream mass movement people themselves
I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this country. So there is a mass movement of people who identify themselves through their food preferences or even just that they prioritize food - that's where we get this idea of being a foodie.
culinary disgusting eat
I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
curious diner expensive faith felt food presented required
The food being presented at the most expensive restaurants, by the most sophisticated chefs, was not always recognizable as food to the diner - it required a leap of faith, and I felt curious about that phenomenon.
christmas cookies reality retro
Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdrop-sparkle reality second.