Comments on: Who is the Eater of the Year? http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/ - recipes, restaurants, food travel and everything edible Tue, 21 May 2013 12:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Who is the 2010 Eater of the Year? | Endless Simmerhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-62533 Who is the 2010 Eater of the Year? | Endless Simmer Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:34:02 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-62533 [...] on our edible lives over the past 12 months. Past nominees have run the gamut from Padma Lakshmi to John Mayer and Meryl Streep, but only one outstanding luminary can win the title Eater of the Year (Anthony [...]

]]> By: Tina Fey Overshares Her Eating Habitshttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29681 Tina Fey Overshares Her Eating Habits Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:46:09 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-29681 [...] possibility this twitter account is fake, but if not, Tina Fey just took an early lead in the 2009 Eater of the Year [...]

]]> By: JKhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25349 JK Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:29:44 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-25349 If it took Hezbollah Tofu to rattle you out of culinary tastes circa 1960 (even the original Betty Crocker cookbook has steak tartare, Manhattan), you’re probably not an amazing chef in the first place. Poor Julia, she can’t even compete… because she died four years ago?

Oh, list.

Michael Pollan is at least forward-thinking about it, admitting that steak tartare is delicious but, like glaciers and fresh water, of limited availability at great expense to very few people. Hard to overhype an actual ethicist with a job.

]]> By: Feed Us Back: Eater of the Year Updatehttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25286 Feed Us Back: Eater of the Year Update Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:00:58 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-25286 [...] Child has solidified her second place position in our Eater of the Year awards, but she’s still miles behind Hezbollah Tofu, and Alex is not happy: OMG people don’t STOP [...]

]]> By: Rachelhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25175 Rachel Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:10:37 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-25175 I love Hezbollah Tofu! It brings a funny and very intelligent approach to one of the most pressing problems around food facing us today. How do you create delicious and wonderful food that is also cruelty free and environmentally friendly? HT encourages people to experiment and create these types of meals and share them with others.

Michael Pollan just reports on the problem that HT addresses. As far as the others, Julia Child is dead, Kendra deserves props for embarassing Olive Garden but can’t legitimately be considered an informed eater. And Cindy McCain hasn’t eaten anything since 1987.

]]> By: Matsumihttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25152 Matsumi Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:18:44 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-25152 Julia Child *should* win, but it looks like H. Tofu will. Don’t get me wrong, I kind of liked the idea behind H. Tofu in the beginning, even if the creator seemed a tad creepily obsessed with the chef she claims to disdain. But that obsession has only escalated into the absurd (no, really, I’m sorry Bourdain won’t sleep with you or killed your puppy or whatever it is he did to incite *that* kind of obsession…maybe you should seek therapy or get a new hobby. Just sayin’), and the blog hasn’t been interesting for a long time. Kind of sad. And I say all this as a strict vegan myself. I don’t know, the H. Tofu gang just became mightily butthurt and ridiculously defensive about Bourdain and things he’s said and, frankly, they came away looking like bigger fools than Bourdain himself ever has. Like Mark said above, just look at the latest post.

I will be disappointed if anyone other than Julia Child or Michael Pollan wins. No one else on the list is even relevant as far as I’m concerned.

]]> By: Alexhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25033 Alex Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:37:40 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-25033 OMG people don’t STOP being important just because they DIE.

SHE WAS A FREAKING SPY. The Mata Hari of duck a l’orange!!! The Tokyo Rose of the tarte tatin!

I respect Michael Pollan and all, but seriously, people, we’re vying for legend status here.

]]> By: Heidi / Savory Tvhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24991 Heidi / Savory Tv Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:21:12 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-24991 Julia should win! Every. Single. Year. :)

]]> By: 100 Percent of Americans Eathttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24986 100 Percent of Americans Eat Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:02:50 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-24986 [...] “We’re subsidizing the least healthy calories in the supermarket — high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated soy oil, and we’re doing very little for farmers trying to grow real food,” notes Michael Pollan, author of such books as “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food” (and current Eater of the Year lagabout). [...]

]]> By: Feed Us Back: Comments of the Weekhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24981 Feed Us Back: Comments of the Week Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:53:17 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/12/10/who-is-the-eater-of-the-year-2/#comment-24981 [...] The vegans are coming! Hezbollah Tofu has jumped out to an early lead in our Eater of the Year awards, although the traditionalists appear to be lining up behind second-place contestant Julia [...]

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