(n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
Example Sentences:
(1) He cooked it in his attic flat for a friend, an editor for the gourmands' bible Cuisine et Vins de France .
(2) Goalkeeping gourmand and former chef Ben Foster might be on his way to Tottenham to replace Hugo Lloris , who looks Paris Saint-Germain bound.
(3) Shops are crammed with lemon products: try the jams and liqueurs from Maison Herbin (2 rue du Vieux Collège), lemon-infused olive oil from Oliviers & Co , and lemon biscuits from La Cure Gourmande , both on rue Saint-Michel.
(4) He is a rogue and a bon viveur and gourmand but a loyal man.
(5) We may never reach the dizzy levels of addiction to this herb shown by the late, great American gourmand James Beard, who wrote, "I believe if ever I had to practise cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon to go around", but I hope I've convinced you that tarragon is just as good for a little culinary rough and tumble as it is for the rarefied world of starched white linen and towering toques.
(6) Photograph: Mary Louise Munkegaard For dedicated gourmands, though, it’s all about Restaurant Kadeau.
(7) The first pub in Ireland to be given a Bib Gourmand (an award for quality food at affordable prices) in the Michelin Guide, Wild Honey is a relaxed and traditional Victorian coaching inn with some modern design touches.
(8) The rational economic choice, even for an alcoholic gourmand who likes wearing jewels, would be to schedule a knees-up for 10 January.
(9) Chef Clare Johnson's cooking has earned her a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
(10) Hitchcock, the grocer's son and lifelong gourmand, would doubtless have ordered something hearty like the beef Wellington and potatoes (he rarely ate a meal that didn't include them), washed down with a good claret; Jones opts for potted shrimps and a Diet Coke.
(11) There were Monty Python records and books and an action figure of Mr Creosote, the blowsy gourmand who explodes in The Meaning of Life after ingesting one simple mint, wafer-thin.
(12) Birdwatchers head to the Mawddach estuary, while gourmands stalk local lamb and samphire.
(13) The pot-au-feu became Olney's calling card, granting him entry to some of the most august kitchens in Paris and leading to a revolutionary column in Cuisine et Vins de France : "Un Americain (Gourmand) à Paris: le Menu de Richard Olney".
(14) Gourmands who enjoy Bubble Bobble King Prawns in a "Rice Krispie-style batter" (10 for £1) will be fascinated to watch their journey from drawing board to make-or-break taste test, where less successful "alcoholic jelly shots" are adjudged as "a bit soapy", "violently sweet" and "a glob of gum".
(15) Forced to take their faces out of the buffet and give their South American cousins a hand, many Fifa gourmands have utterly freaked out at the prospect of having to do some work towards the four-yearly beano that swelled their coffers to the tune of $631m in South Africa.
Gourmet
Definition:
(n.) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Christmas theme doesn't end there; "America's Christmas Hometown" also has Santa's Candy Castle, a red-brick building with turrets that was built by the Curtiss Candy Company in the 1930s and sells gourmet candy canes in abundance.
(2) The gourmet Monsieur Bleu only opened last year and is already a favourite power-lunch venue for art world movers and shakers, but the prices are not cheap (à la carte from €30pp).
(3) Fastforward to 2005, and the Gate Gourmet workforce – again, mostly female and Asian – were dismissed after assembling in the canteen to question the company's employment policies and then refusing to go back to work.
(4) 12-24 University Avenue (028-9032 6589, commongrounds.co.uk ) Rocket & Relish Rocket and Relish Chef-owner Chris Boyd started out selling gourmet burgers at festivals from a converted Airstream caravan.
(5) Not that I'd dare tell everyone to be vegetarian, but I can warn those silly gourmets defending F&M's right to sell this "delicacy", that come the revolution, it won't be the guillotine for them, just tubes of grain and fat pumped endlessly down their throats.
(6) The Wellspring Collective – they're good, they've dropped their prices down to compete with other shops, like Ganja Gourmet , right here.
(7) Food shortages are not immediately apparent in upscale supermarkets such as Gourmet in Zamalek, an affluent district in central Cairo, but the rise in prices of imported goods are plain to see.
(8) When I interviewed gourmet coffee guru Gwilym Davies three years ago, shortly before he took the World Barista Championship crown in the US, he told me that we were in the third wave of coffee.
(9) I eat dinner with my wife; she is a gourmet cook and her food beats most of the best restaurants in New York.
(10) "I actually wanted to buck the trend and move to Soho, but then I realised the rent's cheaper here," says Simon Prockter, who arrived in January to set up HouseBites , a gourmet takeaway service for people who want a quick, cheap meal cooked and hand-delivered by local chefs.
(11) EU companies catch sharks in the Atlantic, Indian, Mediterranean, and Pacific oceans, and are the largest exporter of shark fins to Hong Kong and mainland China where they are used for a gourmet soup.
(12) Inside it's all old-world charm, with antiques scattered around, log fires, dark panelling, a billiards room, two pianos, a bar with 40 single malts and gourmet dinners by candlelight.
(13) I now have both, but give me Morrisons supermarket over a gourmet deli any day.
(14) Three-course gourmet vegetarian feasts include local organic wines.
(15) "Foodie" has now pretty much everywhere replaced "gourmet", perhaps because the latter more strongly evokes privilege and a snobbish claim to uncommon sensory discrimination – even though those qualities are rampant among the "foodies" themselves.
(16) First, it became a “gourmet island”, home to Kadeau , the celebrated restaurant of the local Michelin-starred chef Rasmus Kofoed.
(17) Everyone wants a slice of the pie, selling plants and resin, marijuana-laced gourmet food, pipes, growing equipment, cultivation courses, balms, you name it.
(18) She declined to provide details but said the events will be a spin on a recent contest between two friends to make a gourmet dish out of a Big Mac meal.
(19) • khaomangai.com Grilled Cheese Grill I've never met a grilled cheese sandwich I didn't like, but this lot take it into food-geek territory: everything from the simple "taste of your childhood", to elaborate constructions featuring bespoke breads and gourmet cheeses.
(20) Artisan bakers are also seeing an upsurge in demand for "gourmet bread": sourdough at £4 a loaf and others such as Borodinsky (made with Russian rye).