for exotic fruit can be understood as his foodie desire to experiment and gain knowledge to do so, thus a reflection of his cultural capital. Noah further elaborates on authenticity in explaining his “raw food retreat” in a tropical paradise in Central America, it was not due to the exotic destinations attraction but as an authentic and natural experience. “The raw food retreat lasted one week and then I worked on an organic farm for an extra two”. He described the place almost like a sanctuary, a place where one could detox with a raw diet. He emphasizes how great the relationship experience he attained. Therefore, downplay the exoticness of this trip by justifying it as a more symbolic escape into a raw world. It is possible to affirm that Noah earns distinction through his high cultural capital, which he translates into his raw food knowledge. Through his preferred authentic experiences he express his foodie identity, hence, both his raw food knowledge and raw defined authentic self manifests his foodie status. Judith- Knowing What’s Real Judith’s interest in food can be regarded as a reflection of her formal education. She has two degrees in biology and chemistry and now studies European food law in a European university. For this reason she demonstrates a very high knowledge in food composition and the marketing fallacies in food products. “I’m researching law on top of that (degrees in biology and chemistry) so I know exactly how fishy of a marketing phrase that means. Vitamin water, first of all, doesn’t contain many vitamins really (…)” As pointed by Bourdieu (1984) the acquisition of cultural capital necessarily presupposes the investment of time devoted to learning in institutional settings, becomes an embodied form of cultural capital. In the case of Judith, she understands the chemical composition of food items and is very interested in knowing the full picture of a product and expose the not authentic ones. Her discontent with supermarket chains, for selling “fake” sourdough bread, is an example
for exotic fruit can be understood as his foodie desire to experiment and gain knowledge to do so, thus a reflection of his cultural capital. Noah further elaborates on authenticity in explaining his “raw food retreat” in a tropical paradise in Central America, it was not due to the exotic destinations attraction but as an authentic and natural experience. “The raw food retreat lasted one week and then I worked on an organic farm for an extra two”. He described the place almost like a sanctuary, a place where one could detox with a raw diet. He emphasizes how great the relationship experience he attained. Therefore, downplay the exoticness of this trip by justifying it as a more symbolic escape into a raw world. It is possible to affirm that Noah earns distinction through his high cultural capital, which he translates into his raw food knowledge. Through his preferred authentic experiences he express his foodie identity, hence, both his raw food knowledge and raw defined authentic self manifests his foodie status. Judith- Knowing What’s Real Judith’s interest in food can be regarded as a reflection of her formal education. She has two degrees in biology and chemistry and now studies European food law in a European university. For this reason she demonstrates a very high knowledge in food composition and the marketing fallacies in food products. “I’m researching law on top of that (degrees in biology and chemistry) so I know exactly how fishy of a marketing phrase that means. Vitamin water, first of all, doesn’t contain many vitamins really (…)” As pointed by Bourdieu (1984) the acquisition of cultural capital necessarily presupposes the investment of time devoted to learning in institutional settings, becomes an embodied form of cultural capital. In the case of Judith, she understands the chemical composition of food items and is very interested in knowing the full picture of a product and expose the not authentic ones. Her discontent with supermarket chains, for selling “fake” sourdough bread, is an example
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