[
UK
/ɡˈæstɹənˌəʊm/
]
NOUN
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
How To Use gastronome In A Sentence
- We met the Aussie epicure in the kitchen at NYC's Bar Americain — on loan for the morning from Stone's buddy and fellow gastronome Bobby Flay — for a heaping helping of flapjacks with a side of straight talk. Cooking With Curtis Stone
- Larders are stocked up for the winter months ahead and feasting is taken seriously in a country of committed gastronomes.
- Tonight there will be row upon row of long tables set up, where the brave gastronome can tuck into boiled snails or dunk fresh bread into pots of hot, unidentified tagine: Morocco is not ideal for vegetarians.
- Being a dedicated gastronome is a lot like falling in love over and over again. Pawpaw Adventure. Part One: Awe
- We simply pretend to be gourmets and end up as gastronomes. Times, Sunday Times
- The word deipnosophist is derived from Greek elements meaning 'meal' and 'wise man,' so we can assume it means someone wise in mealtime conversation...it could also just mean a gastronome, but if you spout it at a dinner party, I guarantee no one will ask you to which meaning you refer... everyone else will silently be trying to figure out if you've insulted them or not. Archive 2007-01-01
- It caters for invalids as well as hedonists, its waters famed for their efficacy with eye and bladder problems, and the menu is a gastronome's delight.
- Though the terms "gastronome" and "epicure" define the same thing, i.e. a person who enjoys food for pleasure, these words are perceived by the modern American consumer as elitist due to their Latin root forms and polysyllabic pronunciations. Sophie Brickman: What is a Foodie? Am I One? Are You?
- This is his second visit to the city and he feels that the gastronomes here have got an appetite.
- You will be considered a gastronome if you choose a glass of Porto, a popular Portuguese beverage made from red wine and brandy that is aged in oak barrels for at least five years.