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Food Culture and Relationships

By Emily Saidel

EMILY SAIDEL: For partnerships to survive does there need to be a shared food culture? Molly and Akie have graciously shared their own experiences with food and love.

MOLLY SCHOEMANN: I definitely think that being in sync with food experiences is very helpful in a relationship. Food bonds you together. Also, in a serious relationship, you both end up spending a good deal of time preparing or ordering and eating food together.

AKIE BERMISS: I am funny eater. I don’t like the things that people say are good… and I love certain dishes that are considered pedestrian. To know me, is to know a man who loves his hamburgers and his bacon and his peanut butter (not all at once, of course). I hate cheese, seafood, and dairy products (I’ve still got friend who won’t cook for me because I don’t like butter). And when I am dating someone, I can be a real pain in the ass. Still, there is always give and take, I think. And that’s probably the healthiest ingredient to any relationship.