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gourmet

[goor-may, goor-may] / gʊərˈmeɪ, ˈgʊər meɪ /


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Viral gummies, gourmet caramels and artisanal peanut butter cups to replace your regular drugstore assortment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

In May 2017 he spent £84.95 on five packs of gourmet beans and £123.91 on five packs of roasted beans.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

The five-bedroom mansion with soaring ceilings and a gourmet kitchen features a rockin’ lower level that includes a wine cellar, gym, massage room, creative work area, kitchen, vocal booth, den, and guest suite.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

Turtle eggs are a gourmet feast to birds, big fish, and especially raccoons.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

So the years that followed brought a concerted effort to record and preserve Italian foodways, but the link to thousand-year-old traditions that gourmets are always invoking was still missing from the picture.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2023

In Brussels, the epicenter of the EU, restaurant owners have imagined how a future without gas and electricity would look like for gourmets.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

Fisher, the formerly handsome Limited Editions Club volume was swarming with tiny gourmets fond of high-quality paper and tasteful illustrations.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2020

There are armchair gourmets, too, among the devotees.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 22, 2016

"I don't say I kin cook—but my mother can," she often told me—smiling proudly the while, with the buzzing praises of gourmets sounding in her ears.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams


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