gourmandise

noun

gour·man·dise | \ ˌgu̇r-män-ˈdēz

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: appreciation of or interest in good food and drink : gourmandism

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Une gourmandise, by Muriel Barbery, is the counterpoint to A la recherche du temps perdu. — Frances Leech, Longreads, "Forgetting the Madeleine," 3 May 2018

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