ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the discourse of foodieness, before delving into how foodieness is connected to food education and is spread through food media. The history of foodies is connected to the intersection of gastronomy with politics. The political stance of the foodie is tied to growing critiques of the industrial food system, increasing connections being made between consuming industrially produced foods and fatness, and environmental concerns regarding commercial farming methods. Alongside foodieness, food education and food practices in schools are also influenced by discourses of obesity and discourses of nutrition. The proliferation of foodieness in modern society has been possible because of the rise of food media. Finally, the chapter presents an overview of this book. The book shows how foodieness proliferates through school practices and policy texts and subsequently shapes the type of education children receive as well as the food subjectivities they can take up.
