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"The Food Wife" is the fifth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 13, 2011, and was seen by around 7.5 million people during this broadcast. In the episode, Homer feels left out when Marge, Bart, and Lisa join a group of foodies. Their personal blog quickly becomes popular and the trio is invited to a molecular gastronomy restaurant. Feeling pity towards Homer, Marge invites him along. However, after beginning to worry that he will reclaim his position as the parent perceived as the most fun by the children, she sends him to the wrong address. Homer unknowingly arrives at a meth lab, where a gunfight starts as the police burst in. The episode was written by Matt Selman. It contains several references to different foods and famous chefs, and is largely devoted to the foodie culture, which Selman has said that he "always thought was funny and fascinating. The idea of food as not only something you enjoy eating, but as something that you are so passionate about that you're kind of bragging about it."〔 Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the stars and creators of ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'', guest starred in the episode as two foodies and performed a rap song that makes fun of foodies. Chefs and media personalities Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay, and Mario Batali also guest starred in the episode, but as themselves in a dream sequence. Although "The Food Wife" has received generally positive reviews from television critics, particularly for the rap song, it has also attracted criticism from certain food critics. ==Plot== Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a video game convention for another fun Saturday. Upon their return home, Marge feels upset that Homer gets to be the "fun dad", while she is stuck doing unexciting things with the children, not helped by Homer being a sexist stating that's how it should be. The next Saturday, she decides to take Bart and Lisa to an "X-Games" convention, thinking it will be something fun. However, when they arrive, they are disappointed to find out that it is a Christian event, and the actual name of the convention is "† (Cross) Games". The car engine dies on the way back and they are forced to stop in the neighborhood of Little Ethiopia, where the three go into a restaurant serving Ethiopian food. Although initially averse to the exotic food, Marge is reminded of the fact that she wants to be a fun mom and therefore asks for the most authentic dish on the menu for her and her children. All three of them enjoy the food. At the restaurant, Marge, Bart, and Lisa bump into a group of foodies, who encourage them to start their own food blog, "The Three Mouthketeers". The blog quickly becomes popular and the three spend much time together trying out new food and writing about it. A jealous Homer makes a quick announcement of his dislike for trying new foods over eating out of the fridge and eating burgers, which the kids call him to narrow minded and boring. When the trio gets an invitation to an exclusive molecular gastronomy restaurant called El Chemistri, Homer learns the truth and confronts Marge. Realizing that the kids would rather spend time with Marge and having no one respect him, Homer sadly retreats in the garage making baseball bats. Marge invites Homer out of pity, which makes him happy. After announcing this to Bart and Lisa, he reclaims his "fun dad" title, leaving Marge worried about losing her new bond with the children. In one of her dreams that night, she and the children are trying out new food together with chef Anthony Bourdain when Homer jumps in on a hop ball and eats up everything, taking away the children's attention from Marge. Homer, Bart, Lisa, Bourdain, and other famous chefs that have shown up (like Mario Batali and Swedish Chef) then jump away from Marge on hop balls, leaving her by herself. Afterwards, Gordon Ramsay appears next to her, using profanity while telling her that she should not have invited Homer. Before removing her from his dream, Gordon tells Marge to find a way to keep Homer from stealing her thunder by misleading him away from El Chemistri. The next day, she deliberately gives Homer the wrong address to the restaurant. Bart and Lisa learn the truth and confront Marge about her actions. When Marge and the children arrive at El Chemistri, Homer unknowingly arrives at an illegal meth lab that he thinks is the actual restaurant. While the trio eat their meal (deconstructed Caesar salad) with the other foodies clearly enjoying themselves, Marge feels guilty about misdirecting Homer. Meanwhile, Homer meets the meth dealer and other drug addicts, whom he believes to be food hipsters. Just as he is about to have a taste of the meth (which he thinks is food produced with the help of molecular gastronomy), the police burst in and a gunfight ensues between them and the drug addicts. At El Chemistri, Marge receives a panicked text message from Homer requesting help, and she asks the other foodies to help save her husband. They refuse, so she and the kids run off the meth lab. After arriving, Marge throws apple pie from her doggie bag into the mouth of the meth dealer. This causes a flashback inside his mind to his childhood days when his mother used to make apple pie. With the help of this distraction, the police subdue him. Marge apologizes to Homer and though angry with her for leaving him out, he is grateful and promises to let her be the fun parent once in a while. The Simpsons have a family fun day at Krustyland. There, Homer keeps his promise to Marge and giving the kids $50 to enjoy themselves, while he spends quality time with her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Food Wife」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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