Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background. In that way, we see the growing up of the American food scene: that it’s okay to be a regular person and be really into food. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this country. So there is a mass movement of people who identify themselves through their food preferences or even just that they prioritize food – that’s where we get this idea of being a foodie. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the reader. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
There’s something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions. Dana Goodyear Read Quote
