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gourmet

[goor-mey, goor-mey] / 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

As Mr. Ogilvy writes, “now the abalone live in hatcheries, the sardines in tanks, the tuna in the fish holds of charter boats and gourmet custom cans.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

Inside, they found lavish surroundings, wedding-banquet style spreads of biryani, kebabs and gulab jamun, along with gourmet coffee blended from Brazilian and Ethiopian beans.

From Barron's Apr. 11, 2026

Sometime in the 1980s, a gourmet Chinese chef bought the place.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

The floating ships in the fantasy role-playing game Honkai: Star Rail are populated with traders, gourmets and literati who surf their texts on jade abacuses.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 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

Health-conscious gourmets combing the new cookbooks might add “The First Mess: Vibrant Plant-based Recipes to Eat Well Through the Seasons” to their shelves, along with “Naturally Nourished” or “Blissful Basil.”

From Salon Mar. 19, 2017

Down at Marseilles, gourmets occasionally eat angle-worms and find them to be a very appetizing dish.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh




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