To become a gourmand, you must taste food from the very finest restaurants. From LearnThat.org.
But the complete satisfaction of the gourmand is superior, and has superior side-benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Sing for your supper] Reference
The first thing that I must tell you is that in France, the word gourmand in no way implies gluttony. From Wordnik.com. [JOIE DE VIVRE] Reference
(Keats) of the "social" gourmand is characterized by discrimination, discrimination in what he eats and in the way that he eats. From Wordnik.com. [Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire] Reference
Depending on what dictionary you use, "gourmand" or "gourmandizer" can mean anything from a glutton to someone who enjoys fine food and drink. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In the early '80s, the words "gourmand" and "epicure" were strongly attached to old-guard notions of haughty food snobs that worshipped French cuisine. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
By escargot gourmand, at 11/11/2005 02:57:00 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Rich Fudgy Chocolate Cookies] Reference
The gourmand bolts and bolts, and smacks his chops. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 495, June 25, 1831] Reference
The Boa, like other gourmands, is fond of gourmand-ease. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870] Reference
Il est cependant gourmand en matière première, le bois. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
I was not, however, salivating with the anticipation of a gourmand. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Jessica's Little Dress? You're Going to Be Wearing It] Reference
The restaurant is a must for any gourmand who visits the White Isle. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spot: Sa Capella, Ibiza, Spain] Reference
Kim the gourmand is also fond of the American teenage staple, pizza. From Wordnik.com. [Women, Wine And Weapons] Reference
"Was SHAKSPEARE'S RICHARD III a gourmand?" we reply: undoubtedly he was. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870] Reference
R.W. Apple Was Times's gourmand "Punched out" after feasting on U.S. general?. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Wisdom] Reference
To think beforehand of the food one is to take is to convert oneself into gourmand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Plus regular food events for learning and sharing – let the fresh air bring out the gourmand in you. From Wordnik.com. [The ultimate food destination] Reference
And in the present times, the first chemist of the day, Sir Humphry Davy, passes for a finished gourmand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829] Reference
On the whole, though at Palermo and Naples the pauper starves not in the streets, the gourmand would be sadly at. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
But cuisine with butter, if reasonable balanced, is so much more regressive, motherly, gourmand; that it is irreplaceable!. From Wordnik.com. [Louise McCready: French Cuisine Today According to Le Fooding & French Chefs] Reference
Mr. Miller liked to imagine that he would have outeaten Diamond Jim Brady (1856-1917), the Gilded Age financier and gourmand. From Wordnik.com. ['World's Greatest Trencherman' Ate His Way] Reference
And that his documentably diverse, unpretentiously food-forward enthusiasms are the true signs of his inner gourmand and leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Candidates Dine Out] Reference
It's hard to believe that the tall, svelte Ms. Trump is the down-and-dirty, gravy-guzzlin 'blue-collar gourmand she claims to be. From Wordnik.com. [How an Uptown Girl Gets On: QVC, Foreman Grills, Chocolate] Reference
Then there's the gourmand note, so it's something -- I think Karl Lagerfeld used the scent of bread, because he was into something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2009] Reference
Accountants perused the numbers with all the delectation of a gourmand extracting that last little sturgeon egg from a jar of beluga. From Wordnik.com. [Jam Jar Politics] Reference
If a Western gourmand appears in my jungle restaurant I will serve him grilled cheese sandwiches instead of the usual monkey balls soup. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Hipp: Until Victory: Solidarity Forever.] Reference
Buckley may have been an haut gourmand, but he kept a jar of peanut butter — high-quality peanut butter, to be sure — in his suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
Henry de Valois spent whole days at table, and the constellations of the kitchen shone with the greatest splendour under this gourmand king. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829] Reference
We saw one of them devouring pumpkin as a gourmand would turtle, and this voracity is by weather-wise people considered as a sure indication of rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828] Reference
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