Definition of epicure
1 archaic : one devoted to sensual pleasure : sybarite
2 : one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine
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Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures.
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Michalopoulos is less known as an epicure and distiller of Old New Orleans Rum.
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Although Viard exerts an inescapable charm as a wily, attractive epicure, his character’s passive-aggressive bossiness begins to feel more than a little sexist – and creepy.
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His nemesis is Cottonmouth (Burl Ives), a Falstaffian villain and rugged epicure who leads a feral gang of hunters from his ramshackle backwater compound.
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That’s the rustic gothic, popularized in the mid-20th-century by Hammer Films and Roger Corman flicks, when Peter Cushing and Vincent Price ruled as epicures of the unspeakable in isolated European mountain towns.
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There's the very pricey Epicure, with three stars, which serves dishes like macaroni stuffed with black truffle, artichoke, and duck foie gras by chef Eric Frechon, who many consider to be the best chef in the country.
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Epicure Single wall oven #E0130/E0127, Dacor (800-793-0093, dacor.com).
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The word epicure is currently associated with indulging the appetite, but that is a long way from the teachings of the man to whom we owe the word. The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus taught a philosophy of simple pleasure, friendship, and a secluded life. He believed in the pursuit of pleasure, but pleasure for him equated with tranquility and freedom from pain—not the indulgence of the senses. However, detractors of Epicurus in his own time and later reduced his notions of pleasure to material and sensual gratification. When epicure entered English in the 16th century, the philosophy of Epicurus had been trivialized, and so the word became synonymous with “hedonist.”
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: a person who appreciates fine food and drink
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