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gourmet

[goor-mey, goor-mey]

noun

a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.

adjective

of or characteristic of a gourmet, especially in involving or purporting to involve high-quality or exotic ingredients and skilled preparation: gourmet meals; gourmet cooking.

elaborately equipped for the preparation of fancy, specialized, or exotic meals: a gourmet kitchen.

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Origin:
1810–20; < French; Old French gromet, grommes valet (especially of a wine merchant)

Synonyms
1. gastronome, bon vivant.

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Gourmet food, sports tickets, and vacation cabins are zesty additions to the standard benefits menu.

The rest of the gourmet world is gradually catching up.

The owner and chef is a slow food fan and specializes in gourmet presentation.

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Gourmet food, sports tickets, and vacation cabins are zesty additions to the standard benefits menu.

The rest of the gourmet world is gradually catching up.

The owner and chef is a slow food fan and specializes in gourmet presentation.

Some people consider foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose, one of the finest gourmet pleasures available.

Top off a hike or ride with a basket of gourmet goodies packed in style.

For any gourmet of cultural criticism with an unabashed taste for truth, this is the prime-cut book of the year.

Gourmet chocolate bars are the equivalent of a designer handbag.

Vermicompost is to regular dirt as a gourmet meal is to a few crusts of bread.

The quest for new food items is popular anyway, and foraging has become a gourmet hobby.

Gourmet played it pretty straight with their coverage of the top five tastes of inauguration weekend.

To paraphrase, you can eat at a gourmet restaurant or a fast food joint.

But there are also excellent deals available for the questing gourmet.

There's plenty to do here, starting with the whimsical gourmet candy shop on the ground level.

Here's a quick guide to regular salts--and some gourmet ones too.

Indian spices can turn a few pennies' worth of humble dried legumes into a gourmet feast.

Meanwhile, a trend towards gourmet doughnuts has set in.

The nests used for this gourmet dish are the homes of baby white-nest and black-nest swiftlets.

It doesn't take much to turn a head of romaine or a prepacked bag of greens into a gourmet first course.

Gourmet magazine did a feature on this problem about a year ago.

The new breed may also interest the discerning gourmet.

The safari's evenings are spent at camp, where guests are cooked three gourmet meals a day.

Cheeseburgers get a makeover with ground chicken and gourmet toppings.

Organic foods are not for the elites, anyway, and should not be confused with gourmet indulgences.

Lodges and tour operators tempt customers with hot tubs and gourmet food to go with their wilderness adventure.

These gourmet doughnuts can be prepared ahead, requiring only a quick baking once your guests arrive.

Goat cheese and other dairy products are already popular gourmet items.

But perhaps, too, he's thinking of the gourmet dinner that awaits us.

But though boutique pastas can be delicious, you don't need a gourmet variety for a great meal.

It is expensive and is now typically considered a gourmet dish.

Given the king's status as a prized shellfish, crab safaris have become the latest draw for gourmet eco-adventurers.

And now they watch celebrity chefs preparing gourmet meals, and compare their own efforts.

Let inflation rise on market force for non essential food items, meat products and gourmet foods.

Perhaps it will force the westerners who toss tons of gourmet food out the window daily.

The pet industry has proved remarkably resilient to the downturn, as humans buy gourmet meals and bottled water for dogs.

Turn old-fashioned caramel apples into gourmet treats.

Open-air concerts mean raiding the gourmet takeout shop.

Avoiding additives and making flavors from local ingredients, a reopened ice cream shop is building on its gourmet reputation.

Gourmet magazine julienned and sautéed them to make.

Williams found a local roaster and came up with gourmet blends.

Excellent pizza and salads, amid the gourmet food and wine stalls.

Well surprise, the waves are lapping at the dining room door and their gourmet food looks a bit soggy.

And homemade versions are several notches higher on the gourmet ladder.

But thanks to the increasing interest in gourmet dining, some local farms and ingredients are making a comeback.

During your next airport layover or flight delay, skip the fast food and munch on gourmet cuisine.

Wild mushroom varieties are available at gourmet markets or at farmers' markets, where foragers often sell their wares.

It also cooks gourmet food using locally sourced produce and vegetables from the lodge's garden.

Gourmet breakfast is served on the long wraparound porch.

Gourmet ingredients weren't necessarily an advantage.

And the wall of gourmet chocolate bars-well, you can imagine.

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World English Dictionary

gourmet (ˈɡʊəmeɪ, French ɡurmɛ)

—n
	a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink

[C19: from French, from Old French gromet serving boy]

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Word Origin & History

gourmet

1820, from Fr. gourmet, altered (by infl. of M.Fr. gourmant "glutton") from O.Fr. grommes (pl.) "wine-tasters, wine merchant's servants," of uncertain origin.

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