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A connoisseur (French traditional, pre-1835, spelling of connaisseur, from Middle-French connoistre, then connaître meaning 'to be acquainted with' or 'to know somebody/something') is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts; who is a keen appreciator of cuisines, fine wines, and other gourmet products; or who is an expert judge in matters of taste.
The word gourmet is from the French term for a wine broker or taste-vin employed by a wine dealer. [1] Friand was formerly the reputable name for a connoisseur of delicious things that were not eaten primarily for nourishment: "A good gourmet", wrote the conservative eighteenth-century Dictionnaire de Trévoux, employing this original sense, "must have le goût friand", or a refined palate.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest occurrence of the word oenophile was in 1865 in Culture of the Vine and Wine Making, an English translation of a French book by Jules Guyot. [2] The word oenophilia was initially primarily used in contexts of excessive drinking, and in its earliest occurrence in 1908, spelled oinophilia. [3]
Anthony Bourdain is the definition of a global citizen -- he's been everywhere and back again. ... He's a food connoisseur, so when he recommends something, we take it to heart.
The French Academy dictionary suggested that the term 'gourmand' was a synonym of 'glutton' or 'greedy'. [5] Henri Brispot's A gourmand. An alternative and older usage of the word is to describe a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink, as a glutton [2] or a trencherman. [citation needed]
"He’s a food connoisseur,” the restaurant's owner Leon Geller told the News-Journal. Gellerrevealed that Travolta dined on Italian classics like carbonara, lasagna and bucatini with meat sauce ...
A new rule from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will update what it means for food to be labeled “healthy” for the first time in 30 years, a move that aligns with current nutrition ...
A food taster is a person who ingests food that was prepared for someone else, to confirm it is safe to eat. One who tests drinks in this way is known as a cupbearer . The person to whom the food is to be served is usually an important person, such as a monarch or somebody under threat of assassination or harm.