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gourmet

[goor-may, goor-may] / gʊərˈmeɪ, ˈgʊər meɪ /


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Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

They are building guesthouses for family members and gourmet kitchens for entertaining, alongside such features as high-end grab bars and first-floor primary bedrooms for aging in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In May 2017 he spent £84.95 on five packs of gourmet beans and £123.91 on five packs of roasted beans.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

The five-bedroom mansion with soaring ceilings and a gourmet kitchen features a rockin’ lower level that includes a wine cellar, gym, massage room, creative work area, kitchen, vocal booth, den, and guest suite.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

Ultimate Saturday is when Gracie and her dad do something special, just the two of them, like gourmet cooking classes or trapeze school.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

So the years that followed brought a concerted effort to record and preserve Italian foodways, but the link to thousand-year-old traditions that gourmets are always invoking was still missing from the picture.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2023

In Brussels, the epicenter of the EU, restaurant owners have imagined how a future without gas and electricity would look like for gourmets.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

Fisher, the formerly handsome Limited Editions Club volume was swarming with tiny gourmets fond of high-quality paper and tasteful illustrations.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2020

Shirtless men in waist-high water scooped out the salt crystals for sale to gourmets in Europe.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2019

Quail is a delicacy for invalids and gourmets, but notoriously intolerable as a steady diet.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh




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