as in gourmets
a person with refined tastes in food and wine
Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures
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Noun
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Davis Grocers/Capital Grille For 120 years, the red brick building at the southeast corner of Fourth and Colorado streets has served the food needs of Austin gourmets and gourmands.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025 -
If Toni’s home had been open to gourmets there would always be porgys frying.—
Nikki Giovanni
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Founded in 2017 by three Italian food journalists and gastronomes, Luciano Pignataro, Albert Sapere and Barbara Guerra, 50 Top Pizza ranks pizzas around the world.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
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Anne Marie Panoringan, Culture OC food writer, notes that even for seasoned gastronomes, the value proposition feels off.—
Brock Keeling,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Beyond nostalgia, these refreshing, oceanic scents are also a wonderful reprieve from the wave of saccharine gourmands (from springy banana scents to decadent vanillas for winter) that dominated #PerfumeTok over the last few years.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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An ever-evolving food culture sends gourmands from one new restaurant to the next, which has produced new energy in neighborhoods far from the Strip and real pressure among the hotels lining Las Vegas Boulevard to keep up.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Epicures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epicures. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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