foodie

foodie
/fooh"dee/, n. Slang.
a person keenly interested in food, esp. in eating or cooking.
[FOOD + -IE, perh. in part extracted from JUNKIE]

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  • foodie — noun Date: 1982 a person having an avid interest in the latest food fads …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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