Comments on: Hello baby foodie… http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2008/02/27/hello-baby-foodie/ i like to eat. i like to travel. here are my chronicles. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: degan http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2008/02/27/hello-baby-foodie/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 degan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:57:51 +0000 http://ugonnaeatthat.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-1231 that is all kinds of awesome. that is all kinds of awesome.

]]> By: Barbara http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2008/02/27/hello-baby-foodie/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Barbara Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:57:08 +0000 http://ugonnaeatthat.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-1232 I am glad that I inspired others to check out this series of books for babies. Our favorites are still "Yum Yum Dim Sum," and "My First Book of Sushi." Zak and Morganna and I have those memorized, we have read them so many times to the wee Kat. G--as for the lame Uncle (everyone has at least one of those in the family--we have two in ours, not to mention some creepy cousins) and his comments--it is funny how others often assume that because one has a palate that includes ethnic food that it "ruins" you for anything else. Ever since I graduated from culinary school and started working as a culinary instructor, chef and food writer, people assume that I would find food that they cook for me to be--somehow beneath me. That I would judge their homecooked food the same way I look at restaurant food. And of course, that isn't the case. I love homey food. I love humble foods from all over the world, including the staple Appalachian country foods I grew up with like biscuits and gravy or cornbread and pinto beans! People get odd ideas, sometimes. I am glad that I inspired others to check out this series of books for babies. Our favorites are still “Yum Yum Dim Sum,” and “My First Book of Sushi.” Zak and Morganna and I have those memorized, we have read them so many times to the wee Kat.

G–as for the lame Uncle (everyone has at least one of those in the family–we have two in ours, not to mention some creepy cousins) and his comments–it is funny how others often assume that because one has a palate that includes ethnic food that it “ruins” you for anything else. Ever since I graduated from culinary school and started working as a culinary instructor, chef and food writer, people assume that I would find food that they cook for me to be–somehow beneath me. That I would judge their homecooked food the same way I look at restaurant food.

And of course, that isn’t the case. I love homey food. I love humble foods from all over the world, including the staple Appalachian country foods I grew up with like biscuits and gravy or cornbread and pinto beans!

People get odd ideas, sometimes.

]]> By: g. http://ugonnaeatthat.com/2008/02/27/hello-baby-foodie/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 g. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:41:32 +0000 http://ugonnaeatthat.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-1233 Foodie in training! Remember when some lame Uncle made that snarky comment to us when I was 8 and you were 12 - about us having boyfriends who would have to deal with our 'worldly' palette and how McDonald's just wouldn't do for dates? I think we had just devoured a lot of sashimi. Little did he know how that palette includes Tim Horton's breakfast sandwiches and Denny's romantic meals. Foodie in training! Remember when some lame Uncle made that snarky comment to us when I was 8 and you were 12 – about us having boyfriends who would have to deal with our ‘worldly’ palette and how McDonald’s just wouldn’t do for dates? I think we had just devoured a lot of sashimi. Little did he know how that palette includes Tim Horton’s breakfast sandwiches and Denny’s romantic meals.

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