epicure
Example Sentences
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Connie is an epicure, a gourmand, a bon vivant, a lover and appreciator of fine food and drink.
From Salon
The neighborhood is a treasure trove for the epicure or chef.
From Washington Post
It was the French epicure Brillat-Savarin who noted: “I have drawn the following inference, that the limits of pleasure are as yet neither known nor fixed.”
From New York Times
The point is to make food that people want to eat, and these are teenage boys, not epicures.
From New York Times
Snails are in high favor with French epicures, and immense numbers of these mollusks are eaten in Paris.
From Scientific American
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