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• n  a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

• The famous dictum of the early 19th century French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are," should be expanded.
• Moscow's Gorky Street gastronome (luxury-priced delicatessen) laid in an extra 57 tons of groceries, 20 tons of candies, five tons of meat.
• Whether or not you're a gastronome, reading about Rome's bountiful organic markets and the hearty hot dogs of Santiago, Chile, will surprise and delight you.

• epicure
• gourmet
• bon vivant
• epicurean
• foodie

News & Articles

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• Covering Litchfield County, Connecticut
  Famously a lover of cheese, the French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, author of The Physiology of Taste, said, “A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.”
  Aug. 15, 2013 - Litchfield County Times
• Cheese as sexy as Manolo Blahniks? Arethusa Farm of Litchfield wins awards
  Famously a lover of cheese, the French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, author of The Physiology of Taste, said, “A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.”
  Aug. 13, 2013 - The Register Citizen

Quotes

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• Giles Coren in Times Online
  Giles Coren, who voted for the book, said: "It really makes you want to eat meat. The only disappointing thing is that it has recipes for sheep's testicles, but not rooster's testicles, which as every gastronome knows are the tastiest testicles of...