Nosheteria

June 28, 2005 10:01 AM

Bourgie (boo-zhee)Entertaining food blog (previous mefi topic) Regularly updated and worth a look for those interested in food ;) Written from Berkeley but not region specific, sometimes recipes.

"what is a bourgie? First let's get the pronunciation down, boo-zhee, sort of rhymes with sue me. Actually, it doesn't rhyme at all. It's the truncated version of bourgeoisie, you remember middle school history, Marie Antoinette, the rising middle class. But to English speaking nations, assuming that is what you belong to, this is the class with which we aspire to belong. And with food, it's almost the intangible. That little bit of effort that brings the dreary to the divine."
posted by wuakeen (26 comments total)

This food blog is, to borrow from last week's Family Guy, shallow and pedantic.

And come on now, FloatShake? It's a freakin' ice cream soda... or, if you like, a "freeze."
posted by rxrfrx at 10:10 AM on June 28, 2005

The main benefit of the fall of communism is that none of us ever has to say "bourgeoisie" again.
posted by Faze at 10:16 AM on June 28, 2005

Everyone I know pronounces "bourgie" with the worst American-mispronouncing-French accent possible (and a hard g). Trying to pronounce it with a French accent seems to be seriously missing the point.

Also, yes, this person is not interested in food. This person is interested in food, as is this person, for instance. This person is interested in writing having written.

(Also, anyone who can't tell the difference between French press, drip, and percolator coffee does not get to have opinions on coffee.)
posted by mendel at 10:40 AM on June 28, 2005

Huzzahs, mendel! And when you're ripping on boo-gee food, the preferred nomenclature, I believe is gore-Met. (also, purposefully pronounced with a 'Merican accent).
posted by Sellersburg/Speed at 10:48 AM on June 28, 2005

and here i thought the bourgie ate oil.

the class with which we aspire to belong

i'm speechless.
posted by 3.2.3 at 10:51 AM on June 28, 2005

Thanks for the links mendel, I like reading the food blogs. The nosheteria struck me as fun and with a definite love for food.

As anyone is(*ahem mendel*), I believe all are entitled to their opinion!
As for the 'Bourgie' what can be said? I love a touch of class, although I don't think it is meant that seriously.
posted by wuakeen at 10:54 AM on June 28, 2005

BlogFilter.
posted by beagle at 10:54 AM on June 28, 2005

boor-joi
posted by smcniven at 10:58 AM on June 28, 2005

boor-joi

That's a kind of dog, right?
posted by small_ruminant at 11:31 AM on June 28, 2005

The name sucks.
posted by TwelveTwo at 11:34 AM on June 28, 2005

Bourjoi?
posted by Floydd at 11:55 AM on June 28, 2005

Hmm...

Every English-speaking person I know uses the phrase bourgie as synonymous with yuppie.

As in Oh look at that bourgie fuck and his precious fucking car.

I should start a food blog called "Lumpen."
posted by Coda at 12:01 PM on June 28, 2005

While the blog certainly seems earnest and sweet, the "bourgie" factor seems about as necessary as a chipotle pepper in a tropical fruit compote.

If you really want to know more about food -- where it comes from, what kinds or brands are best, what recipes really work, which bits of kitchen lore are ungrounded in fact, which olive oil to use, how to make everything well and hassle-free -- Cook's Illustrated is just a fantastically helpful, entertaining, and well-made magazine.
posted by digaman at 12:05 PM on June 28, 2005

Daj mi buzi
posted by Doohickie at 12:14 PM on June 28, 2005

It's an interesting read, but leans to purple prose, and occasionally breaks down into awkward construction or simple unintelligibility. If this 'fledgling food writer' had a fledgling editor, the work would be really strong.
On preview: I've never heard of the term used as a compliment either, Coda
posted by boo_radley at 12:14 PM on June 28, 2005

oh, and it still got bookmarked.
posted by boo_radley at 12:16 PM on June 28, 2005

That's an old Chic tune, Bourgie Bourgie. As in 'Everybody wants to be...'
Interesting site. Thanks.
posted by punilux at 12:18 PM on June 28, 2005

Heh :)
As a matter of facts, Marie-Antoinette was an austrian princess, daughter of the Emperor of the Holy Empire and became the wife of King Louis XVI.
She was not at all a Bourgeoise who were "just" the non-noble upper-class.
Actually the Bourgeois (who led the French Revolution) went as far as to cut her head, which is a strong way of saying "you're not one of us"
posted by deboute at 12:20 PM on June 28, 2005

And here I though Boo-gee meant "Uncle Tom" (see Bryant Gumbel for reference). Shows what I know.
posted by Pollomacho at 12:23 PM on June 28, 2005

mendel: Everyone I know pronounces "bourgie" with the worst American-mispronouncing-French accent possible (and a hard g). Trying to pronounce it with a French accent seems to be seriously missing the point.

Huh. I'm having trouble imagining this fake french accent with a hard g? Like 'boogie (down)'? Are they putting the emphasis on the last syllable? Are they trying to get the R sound in?

"Boo-zhee," accent on the "boo," seems to be the straight-up U.S. pronunciation in my experience.
posted by nobody at 12:24 PM on June 28, 2005

I, too, thought the term referred to upper-class, white-acting blacks. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
posted by fungible at 12:33 PM on June 28, 2005

Marie-Antoinette is also remembered for flippantly retorting, when confronted with the uncomfortable fact that the unwashed masses don't have enough bread to eat, "Why don't they have cake, then?"
So as far as the head-cutting thing is concerned, she really had it coming ...
posted by sour cream at 12:37 PM on June 28, 2005

Actually Marie Antoinette never said "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche"...it was more than likely Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1766 and was more than likely a cliche even when he inked it to paper.

See here and here
posted by AccidentalHedonist at 1:14 PM on June 28, 2005

Thanks for the link, mendel. :)

For those of you interested in this stuff, there is an absolutely vast world of great food blogs out there. I link to many on my site, and food porn watch is another great place to go searching.
posted by swank6 at 1:21 PM on June 28, 2005

yeah i liked the post to, not many food posts on meta.

here is one page i enjoy.
posted by nola at 2:38 PM on June 28, 2005

Also, paging languagehat
posted by boo_radley at 8:56 AM on June 29, 2005