Back in 2009, Joe Pompeo at the New York Observer coined the term "Foodiot" to better describe the food fanatics who increasingly fill our fine metropolis's restaurants and watering holes with their cameraphones and social networked tips. But since then they haven't gone away. Instead, they've just gotten worse. And this week, in an epic piece appropriately titled "When Did Young People Start Spending 25% of Their Paychecks on Pickled Lamb’s Tongues?" New York magazine provides the world with an anthropological status update on the subset of humanity that really cares about every morsel that passes through their lips. Oh, to be young and...full? more ›

This week The Observer coins a new word to describe those enthusiastic eaters who spend an inordinate amount of time discussing, blogging, contemplating, and tweeting about food: They are foodiots, and New York is crawling with them. We hope this catches on, because "foodie" just doesn't go far enough to describe a mother tweeting about her homemade pear tofu purée nutmeg baby food. more ›