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  2. Connoisseur - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Gourmet - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Gourmand - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Oenophilia - Wikipedia

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    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]

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  7. Gastronomy - Wikipedia

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    The word is a compound of Greek γαστρ(ο)-'stomach' and νόμος lit. 'custom', modeled on 'astronomy'. [4] It was revived in 1801 as the title of a poem by Joseph Berchoux . [5] [6] It was Brillat-Savarin, in his Physiologie du goût (1825) who systematized the study of food and cooking under this name. [7]

  8. Anthony Bourdain names the most 'underrated' US cities for food

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    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.

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    $220 at Amazon. See at Le Creuset. 2024 F&W Best New Chef Leina Horii of Kisser in Nashville thinks that a large, seasoned cast iron skillet makes for a fantastic (albeit, heavy) holiday gift ...