Word: gourmand
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...food makers and marketers contemplate 1968 sales of over $900 million, up $300 million since 1965. At that price, the doggy dish runs all the way from chicken croquettes to chunks of pure beef. Pet-food makers insist that there is a little of the gourmand in every dog and cat, and last year they spent $52.5 million to advertise their argument-more than 80% of it on television ... The basic pitch is always to an owner's heart, not to his pocketbook. 'People always feel they have neglected their pet,' says Morris Levinson, president of Associated Products ... 'To help...
...restaurateurs, 20 wineries and a piano player. The over-stuffedness of it all was, of course, appropriate - although I must say that while the food provided by the grieving restaurateurs was delicious (especially the oysters), it was on the skimpy side. Apple would have wanted more. He was more gourmand than gourmet, as a journalist as well as an eater, and his antic enthusiasms provided plenty of grist for the eulogists...
...Wild West: The Sonoma Diet No calorie counting. No points. No weighing. No measuring. No obsessing about low-carb or low-fat foods. Just small portions of sun-drenched, California-style cuisine, accompanied by red or white wine. Think gourmet, not gourmand. BUZZWORDS: Waves; Power Foods; Mediterranean Diet...
WILD WEST No calorie counting. No points. No weighing. No measuring. No obsessing about low-carb or low-fat foods. Just small portions of sun-drenched, California-style cuisine, accompanied by red or white wine. Think gourmet, not gourmand. BUZZWORDS: Waves; Power Foods; Mediterranean Diet...
Truffles were prized in Italy as an Epicurean delight as far back as the Roman gourmand Apicius' legendary banquet in 20 A.D., and in certain villages life has long revolved around the aromatic fungus. In San Giovanni d'Asso, located on a Tuscan hilltop and surrounded by the rolling clay slopes of the Crete Senesi, truffles are truly a village affair: there are 50 truffle hunters out of a population of 350, according to Mayor Michele Boscagli. From September to December they hunt for the delicacy, feast on a portion of their bag, and sell the rest to local merchants...