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means A person deeply, enthusiastically devoted to eating and talking about good food — more casual and consumer-focused than a formal 'gourmet.'

from Coined in the early 1980s, usually credited to writers Paul Levy and Ann Barr (who used it in their 1984 'Official Foodie Handbook'), as a deliberately lighter, less stuffy alternative to 'gourmet' — tacking the informal '-ie' suffix onto 'food' the same way it turns 'movie' fans into 'moviegoers' feel, or 'junkie' marks an enthusiasm bordering on obsession.