Spot-On: A Food Face

Best I can figure is that I have a food face. I was in the market the other day, looking for a good bunch of asparagus when the woman next to me asked, "How do you cook asparagus?" She went on to say, "My husband doesn't like it so I've never cooked it, but I really like it and I decided to just buy some and make it for me."

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Kevin Weeks is a Gather food correspondent (Paisano), personal chef, cooking teacher, and writer in Knoxville, Tennessee who spends too many hours on his feet, cooking. "Paisano" is a column focused on peasant dishes from around the world. To read more of Kevin's writings or connect to him click here. His blog,Seriously Good, is read by 100,000 cooks a month and in addition he writes a weekly column forSpot-Onand is the Guide for Cooking for Two at About.com.

Comments: 8

kitchenMage (wizard of flour and chocolate) Apr 21, 2008, 4:32pm EDT

I, too, must have a food face - my trips to the store are like that. Or maybe it's spending ten minutes looking through the lemons, as I did the other day. A woman sidled up next to me and and said, "looking for a ripe one? I can never tell..." I pointed out that I was actually looking for a photogenic one. ...and they all moved away from me on the Group W bench...

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Robyn F. Apr 21, 2008, 4:45pm EDT

thank you!

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CyberGwen ! Apr 21, 2008, 4:55pm EDT

My BF gets that too.....of course with him, I think people see the Albertson's shirt. LOL!

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Risa G. Apr 21, 2008, 8:43pm EDT

I have one too and someone always asks me about a certain thing I am touching or buying. I once picked up a package of tofu and someone asked me how I prepare it and I went on for 20 minutes explaining the many ways to cook it. She said that I should be hired by the store to stand near it and tell everyone about it so that they would sell more of it. I should've gone to the manager and maybe I would be on the food network like Rachael Ray now! This was about 15 years ago.

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Jonathan S. Apr 21, 2008, 9:08pm EDT

So that's what it's called a- food face. Apparently I have one too. I think part of it comes from giving off that slight but detectable "knowing what to do with this" vibe.

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s kat Apr 23, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

Kevin, at least you're not a food-faced fuddy. ;)

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Kevin Weeks Apr 23, 2008, 3:36pm EDT

KM,
That too.

Robyn,
You're welcome.

Gwen,
Could be, but I get questions in civilian clothes.

Risa,
I'm resisting tofu jokes.

Jonathan,
Yes. An also an open and approachable face. When I'm in New York people ask me for directions on the street -- even natives.

S'kat,
Yes. I count my blessings.

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Sandra T. Apr 23, 2008, 11:55pm EDT

Kevin you must have a "food face." Thanks for posting this to Gather Recipe Review!

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