Confessions of a Foodie


A blog that I spend a lot of time looking at is Minimalist Baker. I am a huge "foodie" and I also follow a plant based, vegan diet. Minimalist Baker is awesome because the author, Dana, posts a variety of recipes that are entirely plant-based and simple to make. The reason the recipes are "minimalist" is because they are made with either 10 ingredients or less, made in under 30 minutes, or made in 1-bowl. Whenever I want to try cooking a new recipe, I always check this blog first because she updates the recipes often and they ALWAYS turn out well. Whenever I cook her recipes for my "omnivore" eating friends or family, they always enjoy them and sometimes even ask me to share the recipe.

To relate this to course content, I would like to discuss my personal food blog/social media account. I have started my own food blog (although I have been neglecting it over the past year,) and it was majorly inspired by Minimalist Baker. Dana posts a bunch of resources for people to use who wish to start their own food blog. She even has courses on food photography and videography! I am more active on my food Instagram account, where I share photos of food that I eat or that I cook myself. I haven't posted in a while though, because sometimes it can be stressful to feel like I need to constantly be documenting my food and taking "instagram-quality" photos. I have standards for how the photos turn out, so I usually have to spend quite a bit of time preparing the food and taking the perfect picture. This can be annoying for the people who around me, who just want to sit down and enjoy the meal. I feel like this is a good example of how our lives on social media can interact with our lives in real life. My instagram is not a business, and the people who follow me aren't people I know in real life, so it is important for me to recognize that I shouldn't take away from the time with the people in my real life in order to adhere to something that only exists online. That being said, I really am passionate about vegan food, so as long as I am not being obsessive, my friends usually accept me when I take a few minutes to snap some photos.



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  1. WillSeptember 24, 2018 at 6:34 AM

    Hi Natalie!

    Great post! I'm pretty sure I've heard about this blog on a podcast I listen to— The Minimalists (https://www.theminimalists.com/)— but never followed up on checking it out! The recipes look delicious.

    You also make a good point relating to how you mediate your presence in 'place'— that is, balancing your online identity/place and your real life identity/place so that you are not isolated while spending time with your friends.

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  2. Cassandra ChettleSeptember 25, 2018 at 2:12 PM

    Hi Natalie,

    Thanks so much for sharing! I too would consider myself a 'foodie' as I oftentimes find myself thinking about and researching new recipe ideas. I find it so interesting how technology has transformed how we cook. Years ago, our parents and grandparents would find inspiration by flipping through a recipe book. Today, we're able to turn to the internet and have access to an endless amount of recipe ideas in a matter of seconds. Personally, I like this transformation as I believe it has made cooking more 'fun'.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 27, 2018 at 11:43 AM

      Hey Cassandra,

      Thanks for responding! I think its fun to flip through recipes and food posts on instagram, but I still do love looking through a good cookbook in hard copy! For my recent birthday, I actually asked for a new cookbook because something I miss about cooking at my family's home is choosing recipes from their cookbooks. I always end up getting my phone or laptop so dirty when I am cooking from an online recipe!

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