I have stopped buying cookbooks. I tend to Google certain recipes and ingredients, then print them off.

If they are any good, then they get added to my "scrap book" which is one of those folders with plastic sleeves.

I was given a large celeraic yesterday. I found a suitable recipe for soup (one from River Island) and will use that.

Additionally I often change a recipe. With a cookbook I have to write on a post-it pad and place it on the page, with a print-off, I can scribble it on the page.

A snob is generally someone who tends to look down on others for not sharing their passion.

How would you like to spend a whole evening listening to someone going on all night about their butterfly collection and implying that you are somehow deficient because you don't share their enthusiasm.

i love food, but I realise that not everyone will share the same passion so it doesn't totally take over my life.

I dislike food/wine/coffee snobs especially the braggers. I get a lot of visitors to my blog from people who have googled "Food Snob" so clearly it is an issue out there.

There is a fine line between sharing and bragging.

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I hate the term "Foodie" and would hope that non of my friends would refer to me in that way.

Firstly, I never discuss my love of food and eating with my non-foodie friends. I have some friends who are into sailing. I hate boats with a passion and therefore their boat adventures are of little interest to me. We have other common interests, which are the basis of our discussions. If they ask me about food, then I answer, but I would not bore them about the ins and outs of my latest recipe.

It is the same with religion. One of my sisters is a keen church goer, but wouldn't dream of preaching to atheists.

This is why I avoid some "foodies" as they seem to have a slightly superior view of their hobby.

I rarely give a bad review. I try to think of the consequences as this is someone's living and the potentially paying several mortgages/rent.

Dining out is s service provided by humans with a wide opportunity for error. We have no idea what is going on with the staff in their personal lives. Even the most professional of servers will find it hard to be chirpy when their Dad is dying of cancer. OK - a bit of a dramatic example - but it does happen.

Actually I always dismiss the bad reviews on Trip Advisor as well. My nephew runs B&B. One weekend he had a load of guys book in who were on a stag night. They broke several items in the room and at one stage he had to call the Police. He rightly charged their credit card for the damage. But all the guests then decided to write bad reviews on the web. Thankfully my nephew managed to find them and wrote a careful reply giving the facts and negated the damage. But that was many hours out of his week that could have been used more pro-actively.

I just think people should consider the consequences before bad mouthing on the internet.

Perhaps it is time for the restaurant industry to review the diners......... ;)

I understand what you are saying, but here in the UK it appears that our beef has actually contained some (and occasionally a lot) of horse. Personally I wasn't particularly upset about this. I can't often afford to buy top quality steak mince (ground beef) from the quality butcher - so it is value range from the national supermarket. To be honest, once it has been converted into a lasagne with herbs and tomatoes, then I would be struggling to taste the difference between horse and beef.

Additionally when you buy ground beef, it is likely to contain beef heart, tongue and other parts of the cow. I wonder if every consumer is aware of this.