If Girls is the cultural barometer that its fans have made it out to be, then this season’s polarizing penultimate episode, in which a caricatured partygoer muses on his passion for “going to restaurants,” may signal that foodie culture is jumping the shark...

Much has been written about the Gen Y foodie culture that’s flourishing in Brooklyn, LA, and other cities where hipsters thrive...

Young people may be eating fewer “square meals” than did earlier generations, but their foodie tendencies are undisputed and, as such, they’re a driving force of a recent upsurge in recipe use... Gojee: With its minimalistic design and enticing, full-screen foodie photography (a definitive specimen of “food porn”), Gojee takes some of the guesswork out of deciding what to make for dinner...

Blue Ribbon Bakery Market, the small West Village (NY) general store that's big with foodies, fills canvas totes with meat, cheese, and house-baked bread, plus cutlery, cups and an oft forgotten picnic essential: a corkscrew...

But the advent of new forms of portable cookware appears to be reversing this trajectory, encouraging foodies to cook outside the kitchen—whether in the backyard, in the wilderness, or simply at the office...

In the same vein as the recently launched Lollihop, which features a mix of healthy, new-to-market snacks, Mantry delivers monthly shipments of gourmet provisions for the modern man’s pantry, mainly foodie-approved versions of manly snack staples, such as small-batch hot sauce, Half Pops popcorn kernels, and, in a nod to a current trend, Norwegian reindeer jerky...

Marijuana Supper Club: The underground dinner club has endured among foodies who favor living room intimacy over trendy restaurant scenes...

In our contemporary foodie culture, many common snacks have received artisanal updating...

Now, chefs have followed them, with a slew of in-home dining options giving foodies a reason to never step into a restaurant again... But now the Chicago foodie is instructing in real life, too...

A new generation of foodies in New York City is fine-tuning the foods bubbe once made, giving progressive diners new reasons to declare “L’chayim!” Kutsher’s Tribeca: Kutsher’s Tribeca, the latest venture from Jeffrey Chodorow (Asia de Cuba), puts a high-end spin on deli classics...

Raw foodie/founder Jeff Leaf crafts the creamy concoction using soaked raw organic almonds from Italy and cracked coconut water from Thailand... Artizone: Foodies enjoy the process of hunting down their city’s artisanal specialties for an evening meal, but the average shopper rarely wants to take the time...

The success of TV shows like Top Chef and No Reservations and food blogs like Tastespotting and Grub Street has sparked a mass culture of culinary appreciation and self-proclaimed foodies...

They inspire devotion in some and confusion or repulsion in others, but there’s no denying that oysters maintain an almost mythical appeal in the ever-expanding foodie culture...

In keeping with current foodie tendencies toward simple eats, diners are discovering a newfound love of currywurst...

Creators of the latest handcrafted edible to entice foodies there, Le Cordon Bleu grads Danny Mowles and Nathan Panum are boiling up candy following the standard practice of cooking the sugar to a ‘hard crack’ and then adding citric acid and flavor...

Gourmands and junk-foodies alike have adopted higher standards, and even takeout fare isn’t exempt from taste bud judgment... Billed as an “Etsy for foodies,” the site features 70 producers and more than 500 products for sale, and is sure to expand its inventory as more independent growers sign on...