I'm going to give the last word to Brillat-Savarin, the great French gastronome.
From the guardian.co.uk
As a molecular gastronome, he uses futuristic techniques to get the job done.
From the bostonherald.com
Not if you're Anthony Bourdain, globe-trotting gastronome and on-the-fly bon vivant.
From the courier-journal.com
He is a proper gastronome with a passionate appetite unimpaired by a lifetime of dining.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's an insider's favorite, enjoying its gastronome-darling moment.
From the events.nytimes.com
Can a nation that barbecues small rodents really have anything to offer the serious gastronome?
From the guardian.co.uk
He was certainly the greatest gastronome I have known.
From the edition.cnn.com
Not if you're Anthony Bourdain, globe-trotting gastronome.
From the suntimes.com
We are losing what the early 19th-century French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called the pleasures of the table.
From the theaustralian.com.au
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Epicure: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between culture and food. It is often thought erroneously that the term gastronomy refers exclusively to the art of cooking (see Culinary Arts), but this is only a small part of this discipline; it cannot always be said that a cook is also a gourmet. ...