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Someone who likes to eat and drink a lot. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.

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  • To become a gourmand, you must taste food from the very finest restaurants.
  • But the complete satisfaction of the gourmand is superior, and has superior side-benefits.
  • The first thing that I must tell you is that in France, the word gourmand in no way implies gluttony.
  • (Keats) of the "social" gourmand is characterized by discrimination, discrimination in what he eats and in the way that he eats.
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